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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.                 #@¤$%:«^,,
,,,^«:%$¤@                                          @¤$%:«^,,,
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,,,,,^«:%$                                          $%:«^,,,,,
,,,,,,^«:% IN THIS  COTTAGE THERE'S A  LOT OF RADIO %:«^,,,,,,
,,,,,^«:%$   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. @¤$%:«^,,,
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,,,,,^«:%$                    ,                     $%:«^,,,,,
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,,,,,^«:%$ 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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