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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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¤@%:«,¨¨¨¨ 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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