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@@@¤$=:~^¨ $ DREAM PALACE $ ¨^~:=$¤@@@
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@@$$$=:~^¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨^~:=$$$@@
#@@¤$=:~^¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨^~:=$¤@@#
@@¤==::~^¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨^~::==¤@@
@@¤=:~^^¨¨ BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ¨¨^^~:=¤@@
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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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