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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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