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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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