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#@@¤$%;~-¨ $ DREAM PALACE $ ¨-~;%$¤@@#
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#@@¤$%;~-¨ 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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