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,,-†^£@###             £ DREAM PALACE £             ###@£^†-,,
,,-†^£§@##             , ----- ------ ,             ##@§£^†-,,
,,,,,--†£§             £ ..... ...... £             §£†--,,,,,
,,-†^£§@##             † ..... ...... †             ##@§£^†-,,
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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.      §^†††,,,,,
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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. @§^†-,,,,,
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,,-†^£§@##                                          ##@§£^†-,,
,,,,,,,†£@ 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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