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¨-=/†*¤@@# #@@¤*†/=-¨
¨-=//††**¤ ¤**††//=-¨
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¨-=/†*¤@## * DREAM PALACE * ##@¤*†/=-¨
¨-=/†*¤¤¤@ - ----- ------ - @¤¤¤*†/=-¨
¨-=/†*¤¤¤@ * ..... ...... * @¤¤¤*†/=-¨
¨-=/†¤@@## / ..... ...... / ##@@¤†/=-¨
¨¨¨¨-=/*¤@ - ..... ...... - @¤*/=-¨¨¨¨
¨-=/†*¤@## - ..... ...... - ##@¤*†/=-¨
¨¨¨¨¨-=†¤¤ ¨ ..... ...... ¨ ¤¤†=-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=/†¤ ¤†/=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨-=/*¤@@## ##@@¤*/=-¨
¨¨--=†**¤@ 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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