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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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