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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. ###@*%†-,¨
¨,†%*@#### ####@*%†,¨
¨,-†%*@@@# ¨ #@@@*%†-,¨
¨,-†%*@### ###@*%†-,¨
¨¨¨,,,-%*@ 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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