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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)) ¨¨¨¨~\†&&#
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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. ¨,~\†&##@@
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨,\\&#
#&&\,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,\&&#
##@##&†\~, ¨ ,~\†&##@##
####&†\~,¨ ¨,~\†&####
##&&††\~,¨ 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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