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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 #§^^-,,,,,
,.-:^$§§## COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ##§§$^:-.,
,.-:^^$§§# PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS #§§$^^:-.,
,.-:^$§### HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ###§$^:-.,
,.-:^$§### FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ###§$^:-.,
,.-:^$§§§# RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S #§§§$^:-.,
,,,--^$$§# ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY #§$$^--,,,
,.-:^$§### FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ###§$^:-.,
,.-:^$§### ###§$^:-.,
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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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