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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)) ##¶§£%\~~,
,,,~~~%%£§ §£%%~~~,,,
,,,~~\\££§ ~ §££\\~~,,,
,~~\%£§¶## ##¶§£%\~~,
,~~\%£§¶## 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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