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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, ¤¤**/»::¨¨
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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, ###@¤*/»:¨
¨:»/*$¤### BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ###¤$*/»:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:/*$@ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. @$*/:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨::/$¤ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¤$/::¨¨¨¨¨
¨:»/*$¤@## DREAMS. ##@¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$¤@## ##@¤$*/»:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»*$@ * @$*»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:»»//*¤@# #@¤*//»»:¨
¨:»/*$¤¤@@ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO @@¤¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$¤@## EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ##@¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$¤@## PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ##@¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$$¤¤# MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO #¤¤$$*/»:¨
¨¨¨¨:///$¤ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ¤$///:¨¨¨¨
¨:»»»//$¤@ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, @¤$//»»»:¨
¨:»/*$¤@## SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ##@¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$¤@## ##@¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$¤@## ¤ ##@¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$¤@## ##@¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$¤@@# I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A #@@¤$*/»:¨
¨:::»//*$@ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND @$*//»:::¨
¨¨¨¨¨::»*¤ 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. ¤*»:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:»/*$¤@## ##@¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$¤@@# ¨ #@@¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$¤@## ##@¤$*/»:¨
¨:»/****¤@ 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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