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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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