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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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#@@&¤*;»,¨ » ¨,»;*¤&@@#
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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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##@&¤*;»,¨ * ¨,»;*¤&@##
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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. ¨,»;*¤&@@#
#@@&¤*;»,¨ ¨,»;*¤&@@#
@@@&¤*;»,¨ & ¨,»;*¤&@@@
&¤***»,,,¨ ¨,,,»***¤&
&¤¤¤¤*;»,¨ 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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