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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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