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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 ¨¨¨¨¨«%@#@
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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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