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&&=\-,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,-\=&&
&=\-,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,-\=&
=\-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ & DREAM PALACE & ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-\=
\-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ , ----- ------ , ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-\
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ & ..... ...... & ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
\-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ \ ..... ...... \ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-\
=\-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ , ..... ...... , ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-\=
&=\-,¨¨¨¨¨ , ..... ...... , ¨¨¨¨¨,-\=&
&&=\-,¨¨¨¨ ¨ ..... ...... ¨ ¨¨¨¨,-\=&&
#&&=\-,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,-\=&
##&&=\-,¨¨ ¨¨,-\=&#
###&&=\-,¨ 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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