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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 ¨¨.«†=%@##
###@%=†«.¨ 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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