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¨,~*%*@### * DREAM PALACE * ###@*%*~,¨
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¨,~*%*@¶## ##¶@*%*~,¨
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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. ¶@**~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~*%*@¶## ##¶@*%*~,¨
¨,~*%*@¶## % ##¶@*%*~,¨
¨,~*%*@¶## ##¶@*%*~,¨
¨,~*%*@¶## 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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¨,~*%*@¶## ¨ ##¶@*%*~,¨
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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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