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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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