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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. ##§;;«,,,,
,,,,,««;%# #%;««,,,,,
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,~«;%§#### ####§%;«~,
,~«;%§#### 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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