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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. §&^=~~,,,,
,,,,,,=^§# #§^=,,,,,,
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,,~=^&§@## ##@§&^=~,,
,,~=^&§@## 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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,,~=^&§§@# #@§§&^=~,,