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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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