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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. ###@§%;=-.
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.-=;%§§@@# 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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