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@,@,@,@,@@             ¤ DREAM PALACE ¤             @,@,@@,@,,
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@,@,@,@,@,             ¤ ..... ...... ¤             @,@,@@,@,,
@,@,@,@,@,             † ..... ...... †             @,@,,@,@,@
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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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@,@,@,@,@,                    ^                     @,@,@@,@,,
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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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@,@,@,@,@, 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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