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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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,,-^†%##@#                     †                    #@##%†^-,,
,,-^†%###@                                          @###%†^-,,
,,,,,,-^†# 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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,,,,--†%#@                    ,                     @#%†--,,,,
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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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