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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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¨--†^%¤¶##                     ¶                    ##¶¤%^†--¨
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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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