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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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##¶&%§:«.¨ ¨ ¨.«:§%&¶##
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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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