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,.»*^##@## ##@##^*».,
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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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