...--^^¤## ##¤^^--...
......-;¤# #¤;-......
.--;^¤§### ###§¤^;--.
.--;^§#### ####§^;--.
.--;^¤§§§# #§§§¤^;--.
.--;^¤§### ¤ 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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