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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. ####%^†«,¨
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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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