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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)) ##¶@%*:-~.
.~-:*%@¶## ##¶@%*:-~.
....-:**%@ - @%**:-....
.~-:*%@¶## ##¶@%*:-~.
.~-:*%@¶## 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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