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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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¨,-^$*§@@# - #@@§*$^-,¨
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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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