,,=*$*¤@## ##@¤*$*=,,
,,,,=****¤ ¤****=,,,,
,,,,==**¤@ @¤**==,,,,
,,,,==$$¤@ @¤$$==,,,,
,,,,,,,*$¤ ¤$*,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=**@ * 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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