,~=\§$¤¶@# #@¶¤$§\=~,
,~=\§$¤¶@# #@¶¤$§\=~,
,~=\§$¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤$§\=~,
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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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