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,.»:%@&&&@ @&&&@%:».,
,.»:%@&@## ##@&@%:».,
,.»:%@&@## ##@&@%:».,
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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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,.»:%@&@@# #@@&@%:».,