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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 ¶¶&£*~,,,,
,,,,,,~$£& SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, &£$~,,,,,,
,~~*$£&¶## BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ##¶&£$*~~,
,,,,~$£&¶¶ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¶¶&£$~,,,,
,,,,,,~$£¶ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¶£$~,,,,,,
,~~*$£&¶¶¶ DREAMS. ¶¶¶&£$*~~,
,,,,~**$$& &$$**~,,,,
,,,,~***£& $ &£***~,,,,
,~~*$£&¶## ##¶&£$*~~,
,,,,~~**$& IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO &$**~~,,,,
,~~*$$$&&# EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE #&&$$$*~~,
,~~*$£&¶## PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ##¶&£$*~~,
,,,,,~$$£& MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO &£$$~,,,,,
,~~*£&¶### 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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