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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, ,,,,,,~*&#
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¶¶##&*=~,, 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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¶¶¶#&*=~,, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,,~=*&#¶¶¶
¶&**~~,,,, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,,,,~~**&¶
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##¶#&*=~,, 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. ,,~=*#¶###
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