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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. ¶§£=:~,,,,
,,,,,~:=£§ §£=:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:=£ ¶ £=:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:=£§ §£=:~,,,,,
,,,,~:=£§¶ 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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