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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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