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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, #=///»»»~¨
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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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