,,«/=$§@## ##@§$=/«,,
,,«/=$§¶@# #@¶§$=/«,,
,,«/=$§¶@# #@¶§$=/«,,
,,,,,«=$$¶ ¶$$=«,,,,,
,,,,,«//$¶ ¶$//«,,,,,
,,«/=$§¶@# $ DREAM PALACE $ #@¶§$=/«,,
,,,««/$§¶¶ , ----- ------ , ¶¶§$/««,,,
,,«/=$§§¶¶ $ ..... ...... $ ¶¶§§$=/«,,
,,«/=§¶@## / ..... ...... / ##@¶§=/«,,
,,«/=$§¶@# , ..... ...... , #@¶§$=/«,,
,,,,,/$§¶@ , ..... ...... , @¶§$/,,,,,
,,,,,««/$§ , ..... ...... , §$/««,,,,,
,,,««/=$§¶ ¶§$=/««,,,
,,«/=$§¶## ##¶§$=/«,,
,,«/=$§¶@@ 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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