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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=^§
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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, ¨,~=^@§§##
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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. ¨¨,,===@##
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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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