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¶*=^=^¨¨¨¨ * DREAM PALACE * ¨¨¨¨^=^=*¶
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¶*=^=^¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨^=^=*¶
#¶*=^=^¨¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨¨^=^=*¶#
##¶*=^=^¨¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨¨^=^=*¶##
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#¶*=^=^¨¨¨ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ¨¨¨^=^=*¶#
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##¶*=^=^¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨^=^=*
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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, ¨¨^=^=*¶##
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##¶*=^=^¨¨ 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 ¨¨^=^=*¶##
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¶*=^=^¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨^=^=*¶
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