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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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