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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 ¨¨¨,~=*$§¶
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#¶§$*=~,¨¨ 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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