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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. @%//,,,,,,
,,~/%%§@##                                          ##@§%%/~,,
,,~~////%@                    ,                     @%////~~,,
,~/%%§@###                                          ###@§%%/~,
,,~/%%§§§# 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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