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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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,.«/%$&@@# #@@&$%/«.,
,.«//%$&@@ @@&$%//«.,
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