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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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