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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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