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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, ¨-«††*&###
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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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