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,,,.~/*§#@                                          @#§*/~.,,,
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,.~/*§#@##                                          ##@#§*/~.,
,,.~/*§#@#             § DREAM PALACE §             #@#§*/~.,,
,,,.~/*§#@             . ----- ------ .             @#§*/~.,,,
,,,,.~/*§#             § ..... ...... §             #§*/~.,,,,
,,,,,.~/*§             / ..... ...... /             §*/~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~/*             . ..... ...... .             */~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~/             . ..... ...... .             /~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~/*             , ..... ...... ,             */~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~/*§                                          §*/~.,,,,,
,,,,.~/*§#                                          #§*/~.,,,,
,,,.~/*§#@ 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.              #@#§*/~.,,
,.~/*§#@##                                          ##@#§*/~.,
,,.~/*§#@#                     §                    #@#§*/~.,,
,,,.~/*§#@                                          @#§*/~.,,,
,,,,.~/*§# 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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