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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, ¶¤†==-,,,,
,,-===†$¤¤ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¤¤$†===-,,
,-==†$¤¶## CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ##¶¤$†==-,
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,-==†$¤¶## ##¶¤$†==-,
,-==†$¤¶## MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ##¶¤$†==-,
,,,,,,,=†¤ 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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