.--:%$§¶@# #@¶§$%:--.
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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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