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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)) ¤£**;^,,,,
,^-;*£¤@@# #@@¤£*;-^,
,^-;*£¤@@@ - @@@¤£*;-^,
,^-;*£¤@@# #@@¤£*;-^,
,^-;*£¤@## 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. #@@¤£*;-^,
,,,,^;£¤@@ @@¤£;^,,,,
,^-;*£¤¤¤@ ¤ @¤¤¤£*;-^,
,,,^-;;££¤ ¤££;;-^,,,
,,,^----*¤ 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. ¤£*-,,,,,,
,,,,,,-**¤ ¤**-,,,,,,
,^-;*£¤@@# @ #@@¤£*;-^,
,,,,,^^;£¤ ¤£;^^,,,,,
,^^^^-*££¤ 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. ##@¤£*;-^,
,^-;*£¤@@# #@@¤£*;-^,
,^-;*£¤@@# , #@@¤£*;-^,
,,,,,,^;£@ @£;^,,,,,,
,^-;*£¤@## 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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