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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)) ¨¨,~=*&§##
#§&*=~,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,~=*&§#
§&*=~,¨¨¨¨ ~ ¨¨¨¨,~=*&§
&*=~,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,~=*&
§&*=~,¨¨¨¨ 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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