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,.=\†§@¶## ##¶@§†\=.,
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,.=\†§@¶## § DREAM PALACE § ##¶@§†\=.,
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,.=\†§§§§¶ § ..... ...... § ¶§§§§†\=.,
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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. ##¶@§†\=.,
,.=\†§@¶## ##¶@§†\=.,
,.=\†§@¶## , ##¶@§†\=.,
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,.=\\\\§@@ 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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