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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. #@#§&**~.,
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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. @@#§&**~.,
,.~**&§#@# #@#§&**~.,
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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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,.~**&§#@# #@#§&**~.,
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