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¨¨¨¨¨¨~%%¤ * DREAM PALACE * ¤%%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.~†%*¤¶¶@ * ..... ...... * @¶¶¤*%†~.¨
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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)) ¶¶¶¤*%†~.¨
¨¨..~~%*¤¤ ¤¤*%~~..¨¨
¨.~†%*¤¶@# ~ #@¶¤*%†~.¨
¨¨¨.~%**¤¶ ¶¤**%~.¨¨¨
¨¨...~†%¤¶ 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. ¤*%†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨..~~†***¶ ¶***†~~..¨
¨.~†%*¤¶@# ¶ #@¶¤*%†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.†%¤ ¤%†.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨..~%¤¶ 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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