,,-:%§£#@# #@#£§%:-,,
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,,-:%§£#@# #@#£§%:-,,
,,,,-:§££@ @££§:-,,,,
,,-:%§£££# #£££§%:-,,
,,,,,-%§£# § DREAM PALACE § #£§%-,,,,,
,,,,,,:%£# , ----- ------ , #£%:,,,,,,
,,-:%£#@## § ..... ...... § ##@#£%:-,,
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,,-::%%%££ , ..... ...... , ££%%%::-,,
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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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,,-:%§§§#@ @#§§§%:-,,