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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)) ¨¨¨¨¨¨=*^¤
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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. ¨-=*^^^@¤@
@#@^===¨¨¨ ¨¨¨===^@#@
#¤^=-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-=^¤#
##@¤@^*=-¨ ¨-=*^@¤@##
#¤¤¤@^*=-¨ 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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