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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. @@@§*†=~~¨
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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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