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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. ###*%:~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~:%*## ##*%:~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~:%*# £ #*%:~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~:%*## ##*%:~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~:%*### 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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