,,,,,,~**@ @**~,,,,,,
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,,,,,,~*@# #@*~,,,,,,
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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. @@@**=,,,,
,,~=*@@### ###@@*=~,,
,,~=*@@### # ###@@*=~,,
,,,,~=*@@# #@@*=~,,,,
,,~=*@#### 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. ###@@*=~,,
,,~=*@@### ###@@*=~,,
,,~=*@@### , ###@@*=~,,
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,,~=***@## 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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