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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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