,~~\§¤§### ###§¤§\~~,
,~~\§¤§### ###§¤§\~~,
,~~\§¤¤¤¤# #¤¤¤¤§\~~,
,~~\\\§§§§ §§§§\\\~~,
,~~\\\¤¤§# #§¤¤\\\~~,
,,~~~~~§§§ ¤ 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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,,,~~~§§§# #§§§~~~,,,
,,,,,,~\¤# #¤\~,,,,,,
,~~\§¤§§## ##§§¤§\~~,