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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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