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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 ####**=-:¨
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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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