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¨.~;§&@¶## ##¶@&§;~.¨
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¨.~;§&@¶## & DREAM PALACE & ##¶@&§;~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.;&¶# . ----- ------ . #¶&;.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~;§&@¶## & ..... ...... & ##¶@&§;~.¨
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¨.~;§&@¶## ##¶@&§;~.¨
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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. ##¶@&§;~.¨
¨¨¨~;;;&¶# #¶&;;;~¨¨¨
¨.~;§&&@@@ ¶ @@@&&§;~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~§@@# #@@§~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~§§&¶ 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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