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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. ##††\:,,,,
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,:=\††§§§# #§§§††\=:,
,:=\†§##@@ 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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