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,:«/†§&£@#                                          #@£&§†/«:,
,:«/†§&£@#                                          #@£&§†/«:,
,:«/†§&£##                                          ##£&§†/«:,
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,,,://§§£@             § 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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