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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)) ###§@*†~.¨
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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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