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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.                  §¨¨§§§§§¨¨
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¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                    *                     ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                     ¶                    §¨¨§§§§§§§
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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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