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,:-^$%#¶¶# #¶¶#%$^-:,
,:-^$%%### ###%%$^-:,
,:-^$%#¶## ##¶#%$^-:,
,:-^$%#¶## % DREAM PALACE % ##¶#%$^-:,
,,,,:--^$# : ----- ------ : #$^--:,,,,
,:-^$%#¶## % ..... ...... % ##¶#%$^-:,
,:-^^^^$%¶ ^ ..... ...... ^ ¶%$^^^^-:,
,:-^$%#¶## : ..... ...... : ##¶#%$^-:,
,:-^$%#¶## : ..... ...... : ##¶#%$^-:,
,:-^$%#¶## , ..... ...... , ##¶#%$^-:,
,:-^$%#¶## ##¶#%$^-:,
,:-^$%#¶## ##¶#%$^-:,
,,,,,:^%## 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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