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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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