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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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