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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,   ##@§$*/«^,
,^«/*$$§§@    BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE     @§§$$*/«^,
,^«/*$$$$§                 SPRING))                 §$$$$*/«^,
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,^«/*$§@##                                          ##@§$*/«^,
,,,,^«/*§# I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX  AM. IT'S #§*/«^,,,,
,,,«/*$§§@ DARK,  AND THE  STARS  ARE  OUT, BUT THE @§§$*/«,,,
,^««///**§ SUN IS  ABOUT TO RISE.  ITS A  LONG DAY, §**///««^,
,,,,«/**$§ BEFORE  IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN, AND §$**/«,,,,
,,,,«****§ THEN  IT  STAYS SO  UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. §****«,,,,
,^«/*$§@## IT  DOESN'T  RISE  UNLESS  I'VE  HAD  MY ##@§$*/«^,
,^«/*$§@##                  DREAMS.                 ##@§$*/«^,
,^«/**$§§#                                          #§§$**/«^,
,,,,,^/$@@                     *                    @@$/^,,,,,
,,,,^///$@                                          @$///^,,,,
,,,,,^/$§# IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A  LOT  OF RADIO #§$/^,,,,,
,^^^««**§#   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   #§**««^^^,
,,^^//$$@# 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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