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¨:~;†%&#@# #@#&%†;~:¨
¨:~;†%&### ###&%†;~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†&& &&†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~;†%&### ###&%†;~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~~†& % 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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