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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, ¨,~:†§#@##
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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 ¨,~:†§§§§#
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#§†::~~¨¨¨ 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 ¨,~:†§§§§#
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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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