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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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