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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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##@=\\~¨¨¨ = ¨¨¨~\\=@##
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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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