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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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