,,,,,:**$@ @$**:,,,,,
,:-*^$@@## ##@@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@### ###@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@@## ##@@$^*-:,
,,:--^$@@@ @@@$^--:,,
,:-*^@@### $ DREAM PALACE $ ###@@^*-:,
:-*^$@@### : ----- ------ : ###@@$^*-:
,:-*^$@@## $ ..... ...... $ ##@@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@@## * ..... ...... * ##@@$^*-:,
,:-*^^^^@# : ..... ...... : #@^^^^*-:,
,,:::-^^@# : ..... ...... : #@^^-:::,,
,:-*^$@@## , ..... ...... , ##@@$^*-:,
,,,,,:*$$@ @$$*:,,,,,
,,,,---^$@ @$^---,,,,
,:----**$@ NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE @$**----:,
,:-*^$@@## WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ##@@$^*-:,
,,,,,:*^@# 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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,,::*^^$@@ @@$^^*::,,