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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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