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¨¨¨¨¨¨,*$# $ DREAM PALACE $ #$*,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,»$$# #$$»,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»$$# NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE #$$»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»*$$#@## WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ##@#$$*»,¨
¨,»***$$$# OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #$$$***»,¨
¨,»*$$##@# MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, #@##$$*»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,*$$# BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE #$$*,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»*$$##@# SPRING)) #@##$$*»,¨
¨¨¨»»»*$$# #$$*»»»¨¨¨
¨,»*$##@## » ##@##$*»,¨
¨,»*$$##@# #@##$$*»,¨
¨,*$$##@## I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ##@##$$*,¨
¨,»$$##@## DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ##@##$$»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨»$$## SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ##$$»¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»»$$# BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND #$$»»,¨¨¨¨
¨,»*$$#@## THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ##@#$$*»,¨
¨,»*$$##@# IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY #@##$$*»,¨
¨¨,,,,*$## DREAMS. ##$*,,,,¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨»$##@ @##$»¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»*$$#@## $ ##@#$$*»,¨
¨,»$$##@## ##@##$$»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»$#@ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO @#$»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨,,,»»$$# EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE #$$»»,,,¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,*$# PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, #$*,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»*$$##@# MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO #@##$$*»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»$## DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ##$»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»*$$##@# DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, #@##$$*»,¨
¨¨¨¨,*$$## SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ##$$*,¨¨¨¨
¨,»*$$##@# #@##$$*»,¨
¨,»*$$#### # ####$$*»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»*$# #$*»,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,**$# I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A #$**,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»*$$##@# DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND #@##$$*»,¨
¨,»*$$##@# WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO #@##$$*»,¨
¨¨¨»»»*$$# THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT #$$*»»»¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,,»$## MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ##$»,,¨¨¨¨
,»*$$##@## SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ##@##$$*»,
¨,»*$$###@ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, @###$$*»,¨
¨,»*$$#@## AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ##@#$$*»,¨
¨,»*$$##@# CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. #@##$$*»,¨
¨,»*$$#@## ##@#$$*»,¨
¨,»*$$$$$# # #$$$$$*»,¨
¨,»*$$#@## ##@#$$*»,¨
¨¨¨¨,»$$## 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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