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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)) .-~^*%¤@##
@¤%*~~~~-. .-~~~~*%¤@
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¤*~....... .......~*¤
###@¤*^~-. 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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