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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. ##@§%§†=,,
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,,,,,†§§§@ § @§§§†,,,,,
,,=†§%§@## ##@§%§†=,,
,,=†§%§@## 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. @§%%%§†=,,
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,,=†§%§@## @ ##@§%§†=,,
,,,,,,=†%@ @%†=,,,,,,
,,,,,,=§%@ 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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