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¨~~;%@¤¶## @ DREAM PALACE @ ##¶¤@%;~~¨
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¨~~;%@¤¶## @ ..... ...... @ ##¶¤@%;~~¨
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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. ##¶¤@%;~~¨
¨~~;%@¤¤¤# #¤¤¤@%;~~¨
¨~~;%%@@@¤ % ¤@@@%%;~~¨
¨¨~~~%@@¤# #¤@@%~~~¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~%@¤ 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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¨~~;%@¤¶## ¨ ##¶¤@%;~~¨
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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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