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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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