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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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,,,^~††@§#                     †                    #§@††~^,,,
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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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,,,,,,,,,^                    §                     ^,,,,,,,,,
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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. ##§@††~^,,
,,,^~††@§#                                          #§@††~^,,,
,,,,^~††@§                     ,                    §@††~^,,,,
,,,,,^~††@                                          @††~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~†† 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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