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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. §*~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,**%§@@## ¨ ##@@§%**,¨
¨,~**%§@@# #@@§%**~,¨
¨,~**%§@@@ 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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