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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 ,.=†*%§¶##
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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 ,,,,,,=*%¶
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###¶§*†=., 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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