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#@@#%*^-,¨ ¨,-^*%#@@#
##@#%*^-,¨ % DREAM PALACE % ¨,-^*%#@##
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@@@#%*^-,¨ % ..... ...... % ¨,-^*%#@@@
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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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