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.,~:*%#£@# #@£#%*:~,.
.,~:*%#£@# #@£#%*:~,.
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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. #@£#%*:~,.
.,~:*%#@## ##@#%*:~,.
.,~:*%£@## . ##@£%*:~,.
.......~*# #*~.......
.,~:*%#£@# 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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