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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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