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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 ¨,~:*$@¶##
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@@@$:~¨¨¨¨ 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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##¶@$*:~,¨ MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ¨,~:*$@¶##
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###¶@$:~,¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨,~:$@¶###
##¶@$*:~,¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨,~:*$@¶##
###¶@*:~,¨ 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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##¶@$*:~,¨ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ¨,~:*$@¶##
##¶@$*:~,¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨,~:*$@¶##
¶¶$::~~,¨¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨¨,~~::$¶¶
##¶@$*:~,¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨,~:*$@¶##
¶$:~~,¨¨¨¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨¨¨¨,~~:$¶
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##¶@$*:~,¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨,~:*$@¶##
¶¶¶@$*:~,¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨,~:*$@¶¶¶
¶¶$:~~~,¨¨ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ¨¨,~~~:$¶¶
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