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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. #¶§¤*;~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~;*¤§¶ ¶§¤*;~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~;*¤§¶# * #¶§¤*;~,¨¨
¨,~;*¤§¶## ##¶§¤*;~,¨
¨¨,~;*¤§¶# 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. #¶§¤*;~,¨¨
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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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