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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)) ¨¨¨¨¨,«†%§
@§%†«,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,«†%§@
@@§%†«,¨¨¨ « ¨¨¨,«†%§@@
#@@§%†«,¨¨ ¨¨,«†%§@@#
##@@§%†«,¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨,«†%§
@§%†«,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,«†%§@
@@§%†«,¨¨¨ @ ¨¨¨,«†%§@@
#@@§%†«,¨¨ ¨¨,«†%§@@#
##@@§%†«,¨ 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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