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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, ¨,~;*$&¶##
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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 ¨¨¨¨,~~*&#
¶$;~¨¨¨¨¨¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨¨¨¨¨¨~;$¶
##¶&$*;~,¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨,~;*$&¶##
##¶&$*;~,¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨,~;*$&¶##
###¶$*;~,¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨,~;*$¶###
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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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