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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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