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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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