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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, #@#§$^=~,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,~^$# SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, #$^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~=^$§#@# BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND #@#§$^=~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=$§§ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. §§$=,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,~=^$§#@# 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 §^=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,~=^$§§§§ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN §§§§$^=~,¨
¨,~=^$§#@@ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE @@#§$^=~,¨
¨,~=^$§#@# WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY #@#§$^=~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^§ 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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