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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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¨:»==§#@## 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 @§§=»¨¨¨¨¨
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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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