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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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