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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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