,~==$£@#@# #@#@£$==~,
,~==$£@#@# #@#@£$==~,
,,,~==$$@# #@$$==~,,,
,,,,,,~=$@ @$=~,,,,,,
,,,,~=$@@@ @@@$=~,,,,
,~==$£@@@@ £ DREAM PALACE £ @@@@£$==~,
,~==$£@#@@ ~ ----- ------ ~ @@#@£$==~,
,~==$£@@#@ £ ..... ...... £ @#@@£$==~,
,,,,===£@@ = ..... ...... = @@£===,,,,
,~==$£££@# ~ ..... ...... ~ #@£££$==~,
,~==$£@@## ~ ..... ...... ~ ##@@£$==~,
,~==$£@#@@ , ..... ...... , @@#@£$==~,
,~==$£@@## ##@@£$==~,
,~==$£@#@# #@#@£$==~,
,~==$£@### NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ###@£$==~,
,,,,,,~=$@ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY @$=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~==$@ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND @$==~,,,,,
,,,,,===$@ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, @$===,,,,,
,,~~~~==$@ BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE @$==~~~~,,
,~==$£@#@# SPRING)) #@#@£$==~,
,~==$£@#@# #@#@£$==~,
,,,,,~=££@ = @££=~,,,,,
,~==$£@@## ##@@£$==~,
,~==$£@#@# I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S #@#@£$==~,
,,,~~==$$@ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE @$$==~~,,,
,~==$£@#@# SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, #@#@£$==~,
,,,,====$@ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND @$====,,,,
,~==$£@#@# THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. #@#@£$==~,
,~==$£@### IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ###@£$==~,
,,,~===£@@ 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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