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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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