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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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