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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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