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..«:†§¤@## § DREAM PALACE § ##@¤§†:«..
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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 ##@¤§†:«..
..«:†§§§§@ SPRING)) @§§§§†:«..
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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. ##@¤§†:«..
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..«:††§¤¤¤ ¤¤¤§††:«..
..«:†§¤@## 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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