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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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¤§§:,¨¨¨¨¨ § ¨¨¨¨¨,:§§¤
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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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@§§:-¨¨¨¨¨ ¤ ¨¨¨¨¨-:§§@
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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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