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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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