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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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