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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, #@@§$%\-,¨
¨¨,-\\%$$§ BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE §$$%\\-,¨¨
¨,-\%$§@@# SPRING)) #@@§$%\-,¨
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¨,-\%$§@@# #@@§$%\-,¨
¨¨,,\\%§@@ 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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