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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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