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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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