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=\~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~\=
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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)) ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~\=
*=\~:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:~\=*
§*=\~:¨¨¨¨ ~ ¨¨¨¨:~\=*§
#§*=\~:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~\=*§#
##§*=\~:¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~\=
\~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~\
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
\~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~\
=\~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨:~\=*§##
#§*=\~:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~\=*§#
§*=\~:¨¨¨¨ § ¨¨¨¨:~\=*§
*=\~:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:~\=*
=\~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨:~\=*§##
###§*=\~:¨ ¨:~\=*§###
##§*=\~:¨¨ # ¨¨:~\=*§##
#§*=\~:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~\=*§#
§*=\~:¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨:~\=*§###
##§*=\~:¨¨ ¨¨:~\=*§##
#§*=\~:¨¨¨ ¨ ¨¨¨:~\=*§#
§*=\~:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:~\=*§
*=\~:¨¨¨¨¨ 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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§*=\~:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:~\=*§
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