,-~/§§%%%# #%%%§§/~-,
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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)) #####§/~-,
,-~//§§%## ##%§§//~-,
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,,,,,,~§%# #%§~,,,,,,
,-~/§%%### 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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