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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))                 ###@%§/«,,
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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. ##%§««,,,,
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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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