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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 ##@§$*:~:¨
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¨:~:*$@### ###@$*:~:¨
¨:~:*$§@## ~ ##@§$*:~:¨
¨:~:*$§@## ##@§$*:~:¨
¨:~:*$§@## 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. §***:::¨¨¨
¨:::::$§§@ @§§$:::::¨
¨:~:*$§@## ¨ ##@§$*:~:¨
¨¨:~::*$$§ §$$*::~:¨¨
¨:~:*§@### 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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