,,=*$@#£@@                                          @@£#@$*=,,
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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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