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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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