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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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#@#¤$%*=:¨ I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ¨:=*%$¤#@#
#@#¤$%*=:¨ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ¨:=*%$¤#@#
###¤$%*=:¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨:=*%$¤###
#@#¤$%*=:¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨:=*%$¤#@#
#$%%***=:¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨:=***%%$#
¤$%*:¨¨¨¨¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨¨¨¨¨:*%$¤
@##¤$%*=:¨ DREAMS. ¨:=*%$¤##@
##@#¤$%*=: :=*%$¤#@##
¤$$*==::¨¨ % ¨¨::==*$$¤
#¤¤¤$%*=:¨ ¨:=*%$¤¤¤#
¤$$$***=:¨ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ¨:=***$$$¤
#@#¤$%*=:¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨:=*%$¤#@#
@¤$%*=¨¨¨¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨¨¨¨=*%$¤@
###¤$%*=:¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨:=*%$¤###
##¤%====:¨ 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 ¨¨¨:=*%%¤@
¤¤$$%*:¨¨¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨¨¨:*%$$¤¤
@¤¤$$%*=:¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨:=*%$$¤¤@
¤$*=::¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨::=*$¤
##¤%***=:¨ ¨ ¨:=***%¤##
###¤$%*=:¨ ¨:=*%$¤###
#@#¤$%*=:¨ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ¨:=*%$¤#@#
¤$%%%%*=:¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨:=*%%%%$¤
@@#¤$%*=:¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨:=*%$¤#@@
#@#¤$%*=:¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨:=*%$¤#@#
¤$*:¨¨¨¨¨¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨¨¨¨¨¨:*$¤
@¤$$$%*=:¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨:=*%$$$¤@
#@#¤$%*=:¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨:=*%$¤#@#
###¤$%*=:¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨:=*%$¤###
¤¤$$$%*=:¨ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ¨:=*%$$$¤¤
#$$%%*:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:*%%$$#
¤$***=¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨=***$¤
#¤¤$$%*=:¨ ¨:=*%$$¤¤#
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