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¨,»†*$¤@## ##@¤$*†»,¨
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¨¨¨¨,†$$$@ $ DREAM PALACE $ @$$$†,¨¨¨¨
¨,,»»†$$$@ , ----- ------ , @$$$†»»,,¨
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¨¨¨¨,»»†$¤ † ..... ...... † ¤$†»»,¨¨¨¨
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¨,»†*$¤@@# #@@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$$¤¤@ NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE @¤¤$$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤### OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ###¤$*†»,¨
¨¨¨,†*$$$@ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, @$$$*†,¨¨¨
,»†*$¤@### BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ###@¤$*†»,
¨,»†*$$$¤¤ SPRING)) ¤¤$$$*†»,¨
¨,,»»»††*¤ ¤*††»»»,,¨
¨,»»†***¤# » #¤***†»»,¨
¨,»†*$@### ###@$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤¤@@ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE @@¤¤$*†»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,†$@ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, @$†,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨»*$¤¤ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¤¤$*»¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»†*$¤@## THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨»»*¤¤ DREAMS. ¤¤*»»¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»†*$¤### ###¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## * ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨¨¨,,††*¤# #¤*††,,¨¨¨
¨,»†*$¤@## IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨¨¨,,»†$¤¤ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¤¤$†»,,¨¨¨
¨¨,,†**¤¤# PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, #¤¤**†,,¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,,†$¤ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¤$†,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»†*$¤@## DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨»*$¤¤ SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ¤¤$*»¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»»»*$$¤@ @¤$$*»»»,¨
¨,»»††**$¤ ¤ ¤$**††»»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨¨¨¨»»†*$¤ I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ¤$*†»»¨¨¨¨
¨,»†*$¤@## DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†***$@@ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND @@$***†»,¨
¨,»†**$$@@ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL @@$$**†»,¨
¨¨¨¨,»»»*¤ 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 ¤*»,,,¨¨¨¨
¨,»†*$¤@## "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨¨¨,,†$$¤@ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS @¤$$†,,¨¨¨
¨,»†*$¤### HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ###¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨,»†***$¤# RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S #¤$***†»,¨
¨,»†*$¤@## ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨¨¨¨,††$¤@ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. @¤$††,¨¨¨¨
¨,»†*$¤@## ##@¤$*†»,¨
¨¨¨»†*$¤¤@ ¨ @¤¤$*†»¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,,»†*¤ ¤*†»,,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,†$¤ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ¤$†,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»†*$¤### WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ###¤$*†»,¨
¨¨,»†*$¤¤¤ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¤¤¤$*†»,¨¨
¨,»*$¤@### IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ###@¤$*»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨»*¤ 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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