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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))                 ,@,@,,@,@,
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@,@,@,@,@,                     »                    ,@,@,,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@,                                          @@,@,@@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, 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.              ,@,@,,@,@,
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@,@,@,@,@, 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.      ,@,@,,@,@,
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@,@,@,@,@,                    #                     ,@,@,,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@,                                          @@,@,@@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, 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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