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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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