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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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#@#&*^;=^¨ = ¨^=;^*&#@#
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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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