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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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