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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)) @***†††~~¨
¨~~†***§§# #§§***†~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~~*§§ ~ §§*~~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~†**§@## ##@§**†~~¨
¨~~†**§@## 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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