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.,-†**@### ###@**†-,.
....,--**& * 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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.,-†****&& &&****†-,.
.,-†***&&& &&&***†-,.
.,-†**&@## ##@&**†-,.
.,-†**&@## ##@&**†-,.