,,~^†%&£##                                          ##£&%†^~,,
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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.              ##£&%†^~,,
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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.      ##£&%†^~,,
,,~^†&£###                                          ###£&†^~,,
,,~^†%&£##                    £                     ##£&%†^~,,
,,,,,~~†%£                                          £%†~~,,,,,
,,,,,^†%&& 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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