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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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