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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.      ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
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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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