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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. ##¶&&§^»:,
,:»^§§§§&& &&§§§§^»:,
,,,,»»§&&& &&&§»»,,,,
,:»^§&&¶## ##¶&&§^»:,
,:»^§&&¶## ##¶&&§^»:,
,:»»^^&&&# #&&&^^»»:,
,:»^§&&¶## ##¶&&§^»:,