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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. ##@@%†^»,¨
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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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