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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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