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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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