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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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,.-\†%&#@# #@#&%†\-.,
,.-\†%&#@# #@#&%†\-.,
,.-\†%&@## ##@&%†\-.,