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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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