,~=:††††## ##††††:=~,
,,,,,,=†%# #%†=,,,,,,
,,,,,~~:†# #†:~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:†# #†:~,,,,,,
,~=:†%#### ####%†:=~,
,~=:†%#### % 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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,,,~:†%%## ##%%†:~,,,
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