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¨¨:==$$%§# % DREAM PALACE % #§%$$==:¨¨
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¨:=\$%§@## ##@§%$\=:¨
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¨:=\$%§@## NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ##@§%$\=:¨
¨¨¨¨:\\%§# WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY #§%\\:¨¨¨¨
¨:=\$%§@## OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:==\\%%%§ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, §%%%\\==:¨
¨:=\$%§@## BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ##@§%$\=:¨
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¨:=\$%§@@@ @@@§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%§@## I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%§### DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ###§%$\=:¨
¨¨¨¨===\%§ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, §%\===¨¨¨¨
¨:=\$%§@## BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:=\\$$§@@ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. @@§$$\\=:¨
¨¨¨==\$$%@ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY @%$$\==¨¨¨
¨:=\$%§@## DREAMS. ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%§@## ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:=\%§@### $ ###@§%\=:¨
¨:=\$%§@## ##@§%$\=:¨
¨¨:::==$%@ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO @%$==:::¨¨
¨:=\$%§@## EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:=$%§@### PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ###@§%$=:¨
¨:=\$%§@## MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%§§§§ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH §§§§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$$%§@@ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, @@§%$$\=:¨
¨:=\$%§@## SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%§@## ##@§%$\=:¨
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¨:=\$%§@## ##@§%$\=:¨
¨¨¨¨===$%§ I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A §%$===¨¨¨¨
¨:=\$%@### DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ###@%$\=:¨
¨¨¨¨:=$$%§ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO §%$$=:¨¨¨¨
¨:=\$%§@## THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%§@## MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ##@§%$\=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨=$§§§ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL §§§$=¨¨¨¨¨
¨:===\\%§# OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, #§%\\===:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:\%@ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I @%\:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=\$%§@## CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ##@§%$\=:¨
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¨:=\$%§@## ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%%%@@ MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE @@%%%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%§### METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ###§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%§§@# "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE #@§§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%@### WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ###@%$\=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=\%§ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS §%\=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=\$%§@## COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ##@§%$\=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=$§# PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS #§$=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=\$%§@## HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ##@§%$\=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=$§ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY §$=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=\$%§@## RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ##@§%$\=:¨
¨:=$%§@### ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ###@§%$=:¨
¨¨¨¨=$%%%@ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. @%%%$=¨¨¨¨
¨:=\$$$%§§ §§%$$$\=:¨
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¨¨¨::\%§§@ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS @§§%\::¨¨¨
¨:=\$%§@@@ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND @@@§%$\=:¨
¨:=\$%§@## THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ##@§%$\=:¨
¨¨¨¨:=\$§§ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A §§$\=:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:\%@ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO @%\:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=\\\$$%§ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER §%$$\\\=:¨
¨:::::\%%§ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE §%%\:::::¨
¨:=\$%@### ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ###@%$\=:¨
¨:=\$$$§@# THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. #@§$$$\=:¨
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