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###@%**~:¨ % DREAM PALACE % ¨:~**%@###
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#@%*::¨¨¨¨ * ..... ...... * ¨¨¨¨::*%@#
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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. ¨:~*%@####
@%%*:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:*%%@
###@%**~:¨ * ¨:~**%@###
#@%*:::¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:::*%@#
##%*~:¨¨¨¨ 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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