,,,,,,=%*# #*%=,,,,,,
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,,,=*%%%#@ @#%%%*=,,,
,,=*%*#@## ##@#*%*=,,
,,=*%*#@@# #@@#*%*=,,
,,,,,=%#@@ * DREAM PALACE * @@#%=,,,,,
,,=*%*#@@# , ----- ------ , #@@#*%*=,,
,,===%***# * ..... ...... * #***%===,,
,,=*%*#@## * ..... ...... * ##@#*%*=,,
,,,,==%%#@ , ..... ...... , @#%%==,,,,
,,=*%*#@@# , ..... ...... , #@@#*%*=,,
,=*%*#@@## , ..... ...... , ##@@#*%*=,
,,=*%***## ##***%*=,,
,,=*%*#@## ##@#*%*=,,
,,,,,,,=%# 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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