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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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,,,~/^§#@#                     ~                    #@#§^/~,,,
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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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,,,~/^§#@#                     ^                    #@#§^/~,,,
,,,,~/^§#@                                          @#§^/~,,,,
,,,,,~/^§# 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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