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,:~=§¤¤£## ##£¤¤§=~:,
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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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