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.,~\†@§#@#             @ DREAM PALACE @             #@#§@†\~,.
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.,~\†@§#@#             @ ..... ...... @             #@#§@†\~,.
.,~\†@§#@@             \ ..... ...... \             @@#§@†\~,.
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.,~\†@§@##                                          ##@§@†\~,.
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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.                  #@#§@†\~,.
.,~\@§#@##                                          ##@#§@\~,.
...,~\@§#@                     †                    @#§@\~,...
.,~\†@@@§#                                          #§@@@†\~,.
.,,,\\†§#@ 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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