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,,.-††*¤§# #§¤*††-.,,
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,,,,,,-*§# ¤ DREAM PALACE ¤ #§*-,,,,,,
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,.-†*¤¤§§§ † ..... ...... † §§§¤¤*†-.,
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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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