,,,,:†%%%# #%%%†:,,,,
,,,,~%%%## ##%%%~,,,,
,:~††%**## ##**%††~:,
,:~†%*#£## ##£#*%†~:,
,:~†%*#£## ##£#*%†~:,
,,,,~%%%*# * 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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,:~††††*## ##*††††~:,