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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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