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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, £§$$%~~~~.
...~~~:%§§ SLIGHTLY WEIRD. §§%:~~~...
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~~:%$§£@## I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ##@£§$%:~~
.~~:%$§£@# DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND #@£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$£@## WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ##@£$%:~~.
.~~:%$$§£@ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT @£§$$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£@# MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND #@£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ##£§$%:~~.
...~~~~:%§ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, §%:~~~~...
.~~:%$§£@# AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I #@£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£@# CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. #@£§$%:~~.
.~~:$§£@## ##@£§$:~~.
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.~~:%$£@## MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ##@£$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£@# METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN #@£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£@# "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE #@£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£@# WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY #@£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$£@## RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ##@£$%:~~.
.~~:%$§§££ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ££§§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£@# PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS #@£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§@## HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ##@§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§@## FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ##@§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£@# RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S #@£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§££@ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY @££§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£@@ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. @@£§$%:~~.
..~~~~:$§@ @§$:~~~~..
.~~:%$§£## . ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£@# #@£§$%:~~.
....~%$§£@ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS @£§$%~....
...~::%$££ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ££$%::~...
.....~:%§@ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, @§%:~.....
.~~:%$§£@# IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A #@£§$%:~~.
~~:%$§£@## LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ##@£§$%:~~
.....~:$$§ 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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.~~:%$§£@@ @@£§$%:~~.
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