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#@@&$*=~,¨ $ DREAM PALACE $ ¨,~=*$&@@#
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&$*=,¨¨¨¨¨ = ..... ...... = ¨¨¨¨¨,=*$&
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#@@&$*=~,¨ ¨,~=*$&@@#
#@@&$*=~,¨ 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. ¨,~=*$&@@@
@&&&$*=~,¨ ¨,~=*$&&&@
@@&*~¨¨¨¨¨ * ¨¨¨¨¨~*&@@
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#@@&$*=~,¨ 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. ¨,~=*$&@@#
#@@&$*=~,¨ ¨,~=*$&@@#
&**=,,¨¨¨¨ & ¨¨¨¨,,=**&
@$*~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~*$@
#@@&$*=~,¨ 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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