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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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