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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. ¨-~;*$&#@#
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##@&$*;~-¨ 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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