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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. ¤@\\\\\~~¨
¨~~\=@¤¶¶# #¶¶¤@=\~~¨
¨~~\=@¤¶## ¤ ##¶¤@=\~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~==¤ ¤==~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~\=@¤¶## 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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