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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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