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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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