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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, ##@@¤==--¨
¨--==¤@@## 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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