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¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¤
¨¤¨¨¨¤¨¤¨¨ $ DREAM PALACE $ ¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨
¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¤ , ----- ------ , ¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¨
¨¤¨¤¨¨¨¤¤¤ $ ..... ...... $ ¨¨¨¤¤¨¤¤¨¤
¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤ = ..... ...... = ¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¤¤
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¨¨¤¤¤¨¤¤¨¤ , ..... ...... , ¤¨¨¤¤¨¤¨¨¨
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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)) ¤¨¤¤¤¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¨ ¤¤¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¨
¤¨¨¤¨¨¨¤¤¨ » ¨¤¨¨¤¨¨¨¤¨
¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¤¨ ¤¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¤¤
¤¤¨¤¨¤¤¤¤¨ 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. ¤¤¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¤
¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¤¨ ¨¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¤¤¨ = ¨¤¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¤¤ ¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¤
¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¨ 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. ¤¨¨¨¤¨¤¨¨¨
¨¨¨¤¤¨¤¨¨¤ ¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¤
¨¨¤¨¤¤¤¨¤¤ ¤ ¤¨¤¨¨¨¤¨¤¤
¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¨¤ ¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¨¤
¤¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¤ 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. ¤¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¨
¤¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨
¤¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¨ # ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¤¤
¤¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨
¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¤
¨¤¨¨¨¤¨¤¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨
¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¤ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¨
¨¤¨¤¨¨¨¤¤¤ ¨¨¨¤¤¨¤¤¨¤
¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤ 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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