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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)) ###@%=^=^,
,,,,^==^%@ @%^==^,,,,
,,,,===^=@ = @=^===,,,,
,,,=^^%%@@ @@%%^^=,,,
,,,,,=^^%# 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. ##%%^==,,,
,^=^=%@### ###@%=^=^,
,^=^=%@### @ ###@%=^=^,
,^===^===@ @===^===^,
,,,====^%@ 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. @@===,,,,,
,^=^=%@### ###@%=^=^,
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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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,^=^=%@@@# #@@@%=^=^,
,^^^^=^%@@ @@%^=^^^^,
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