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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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