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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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@&&&&†/»:¨ † ¨:»/†&&&&@
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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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