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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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