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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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¨,»/$§&@@# $ #@@&§$/»,¨
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¨,»/$§&@@# 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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