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,:»\^¤£¶@# #@¶£¤^\»:,
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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)) ¶¶¶£¤^\»:,
,:»\^¤£¶¶¶ ¶¶¶£¤^\»:,
,:::»\¤¤¶@ » @¶¤¤\»:::,
,,,:\\^£¶@ @¶£^\\:,,,
,:»\^¤¶@## 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. @¶¤^»:,,,,
,:»\^¤££££ ££££¤^\»:,
,,:::»»^£@ ¶ @£^»»:::,,
,,,,,:\^£@ @£^\:,,,,,
,:»\^¤£¶@@ 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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,:»\^¤£¶## ##¶£¤^\»:,