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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, ¨:~\**§¶¶@
#@¶§**\~:¨ BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ¨:~\**§¶@#
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##@§**\~:¨ 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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##¶§**\~:¨ 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. ¨:~\**§¶@#
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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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