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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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