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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, ¨,«;§**&&&
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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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