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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)) ##¶@%§/~,.
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.,~/§%@¶¶# #¶¶@%§/~,.
.,~/§%@¶¶# 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. @%%§~,,...
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.,~/§%@¶## § ##¶@%§/~,.
.,~/§%@¶## ##¶@%§/~,.
...,//§§@¶ 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. @§/,......
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.,~/§%@¶## @ ##¶@%§/~,.
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....~~§§@@ 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. @§/,,.....
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.,~/§%@¶## ##¶@%§/~,.
...~~//§%¶ 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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