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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. ##£¤%%:~~,
,~~~~:%¤¤£ £¤¤%:~~~~,
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,~~:%%¤£## ##£¤%%:~~,
,~~:%%¤£## 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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