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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. ###§*†:~-,
,,,,-~†*§§ §§*†~-,,,,
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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. ###§*†:~-,
,-~:†*§### ###§*†:~-,
,,-~~~:*§# # #§*:~~~-,,
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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. #§†:~,,,,,
,-~:†*§### ###§*†:~-,
,-~:†*§### , ###§*†:~-,
,,,,,,~:*§ §*:~,,,,,,
,-~:†*§### 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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