¨~~/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/~~¨
¨~~/*%¤### ###¤%*/~~¨
¨~~/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/~~¨
¨~~/*%@### ###@%*/~~¨
¨¨¨~~~~/*¤ ¤*/~~~~¨¨¨
¨~~/*%¤@@# % 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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