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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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