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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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¨¨:~/%&@##                    ~                     ##@&%/~:¨¨
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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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¨¨:~/%&@##                     #                    ##@&%/~:¨¨
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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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