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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 ¤=»»»,,,,¨
¨,»\=%¤@## 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. ##@¤%=\»,¨
¨,»\=%¤@## ##@¤%=\»,¨
¨¨,»\\=¤@@ ¤ @@¤=\\»,¨¨
¨,»\\=%¤@# #@¤%=\\»,¨
¨,»\=%¤@## 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. ¤==»»¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»\=%¤@## ##@¤%=\»,¨
¨,»\=%¤@## ¨ ##@¤%=\»,¨
¨,»\=%¤@## ##@¤%=\»,¨
¨,»\=%¤@## 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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