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^~\%%§¶@## % DREAM PALACE % ##@¶§%%\~^
.^~\%%§¶@# ^ ----- ------ ^ #@¶§%%\~^.
.^~\%%§@## % ..... ...... % ##@§%%\~^.
.^~\%%§¶## \ ..... ...... \ ##¶§%%\~^.
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.^~\%%§¶@# ^ ..... ...... ^ #@¶§%%\~^.
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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. ¶%\^......
.^~\%%§¶¶¶ ¶¶¶§%%\~^.
.^~\%%§¶## § ##¶§%%\~^.
.^~\%%§¶@# #@¶§%%\~^.
.^~\%%§¶@@ 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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