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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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