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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. ¨¨¨¨¨»**¤¤
#@#¤%*;»,¨ ¨,»;*%¤#@#
##@#%*;»,¨ ¤ ¨,»;*%#@##
#¤%;»»,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,»»;%¤#
##@#%*;»,¨ 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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