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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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