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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. ††~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† †~:,,,,,,,
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,,,,,:~††£ £††~:,,,,,
,,,,:~††££ 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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