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,,-^%%&@## ##@&%%^-,,
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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. ##@&%%^-,,
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,,,,-%%&@@ % @@&%%-,,,,
,,-^%%&@## ##@&%%^-,,
,,,,,-%%&& 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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