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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)) @#^^=,,¨¨¨
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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. ###@#^==,¨
¨,==^@#@## ##@#@^==,¨
¨,==^@#@## ^ ##@#@^==,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=^^# #^^=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,==^@#@@@ 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. ##@#@^==,¨
¨,==^@#@@@ @@@#@^==,¨
¨,==^@#@## @ ##@#@^==,¨
¨,==^@#@@# #@@#@^==,¨
¨,===^@#@@ 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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