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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)) ¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¤¨¨
¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¤¨
¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¤¨ ~ ¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¤
¨¤¤¤¤¨¤¤¨¤ ¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¤
¤¤¨¨¨¤¤¨¤¤ 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. ¨¨¤¤¤¨¤¤¨¤
¤¤¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¤¨¨¤¤¨¤¤
¨¨¤¤¨¤¤¤¤¤ # ¨¤¤¤¨¤¨¤¤¨
¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¨¨ ¨¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¤
¤¨¤¤¤¨¤¨¨¨ 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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