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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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