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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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##¶$$:~-¨¨ ¨¨-~:$$¶##
#¶$$:~-¨¨¨ I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ¨¨¨-~:$$¶#
¶$$:~-¨¨¨¨ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ¨¨¨¨-~:$$¶
$$:~-¨¨¨¨¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨¨¨¨¨-~:$$
¶$$:~-¨¨¨¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨¨¨¨-~:$$¶
#¶$$:~-¨¨¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨¨¨-~:$$¶#
##¶$$:~-¨¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨¨-~:$$¶##
###¶$$:~-¨ DREAMS. ¨-~:$$¶###
##¶$$:~-¨¨ ¨¨-~:$$¶##
#¶$$:~-¨¨¨ $ ¨¨¨-~:$$¶#
¶$$:~-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-~:$$¶
$$:~-¨¨¨¨¨ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ¨¨¨¨¨-~:$$
¶$$:~-¨¨¨¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨¨¨¨-~:$$¶
#¶$$:~-¨¨¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨¨¨-~:$$¶#
##¶$$:~-¨¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨¨-~:$$¶##
###¶$$:~-¨ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ¨-~:$$¶###
##¶$$:~-¨¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨¨-~:$$¶##
#¶$$:~-¨¨¨ SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ¨¨¨-~:$$¶#
¶$$:~-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-~:$$¶
$$:~-¨¨¨¨¨ & ¨¨¨¨¨-~:$$
¶$$:~-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-~:$$¶
#¶$$:~-¨¨¨ I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ¨¨¨-~:$$¶#
##¶$$:~-¨¨ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ¨¨-~:$$¶##
###¶$$:~-¨ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ¨-~:$$¶###
##¶$$:~-¨¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨¨-~:$$¶##
#¶$$:~-¨¨¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨¨¨-~:$$¶#
¶$$:~-¨¨¨¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨¨¨¨-~:$$¶
$$:~-¨¨¨¨¨ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨¨¨¨¨-~:$$
¶$$:~-¨¨¨¨ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¨¨¨¨-~:$$¶
#¶$$:~-¨¨¨ CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ¨¨¨-~:$$¶#
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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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