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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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