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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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