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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 ###@§£:~~,
,,~~:£§@## SPRING)) ##@§£:~~,,
,,,~~:£§@# #@§£:~~,,,
,,,,~~:£§@ ~ @§£:~~,,,,
,,,~~:£§@# #@§£:~~,,,
,,~~:£§@## 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. ##@§£:~~,,
,~~:£§@### ###@§£:~~,
,,~~:£§@## * ##@§£:~~,,
,,,~~:£§@# #@§£:~~,,,
,,,,~~:£§@ 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. @§£:~~,,,,
,,,~~:£§@# #@§£:~~,,,
,,~~:£§@## § ##@§£:~~,,
,~~:£§@### ###@§£:~~,
,,~~:£§@## 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. @§£:~~,,,,
,,,~~:£§@# #@§£:~~,,,
,,~~:£§@## @ ##@§£:~~,,
,~~:£§@### ###@§£:~~,
,,~~:£§@## 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. ###@§£:~~,
,,~~:£§@## ##@§£:~~,,
,,,~~:£§@# , #@§£:~~,,,
,,,,~~:£§@ @§£:~~,,,,
,,,~~:£§@# 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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