,^==^@¤@## ##@¤@^==^,
,^==^@¤¤## ##¤¤@^==^,
,^===^@@#@ @#@@^===^,
,,,===@@@# #@@@===,,,
,^==^@¤#@# #@#¤@^==^,
,^==^@¤#@# @ 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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