,,,,,,~%#@                                          @#%~,,,,,,
,,~/%%$$$@                                          @$$$%%/~,,
,,,,,/%$$#                                          #$$%/,,,,,
,,,,,~%%$@                                          @$%%~,,,,,
,,,,,/$###                                          ###$/,,,,,
,,,,,/%$##             $ DREAM PALACE $             ##$%/,,,,,
,,~/$#@###             , ----- ------ ,             ###@#$/~,,
,,~/%$#@##             $ ..... ...... $             ##@#$%/~,,
,,~/%$$#@#             / ..... ...... /             #@#$$%/~,,
,,~/%$#@##             , ..... ...... ,             ##@#$%/~,,
,,~/%$#@##             , ..... ...... ,             ##@#$%/~,,
,,,,//$$@@             , ..... ...... ,             @@$$//,,,,
,,~/%$#@@@                                          @@@#$%/~,,
,,~~~%%$$@                                          @$$%%~~~,,
,,~/%$#@## NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE  IN THE ##@#$%/~,,
,,,,,~/$##  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ##$/~,,,,,
,,,,,//%$# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS   AND #$%//,,,,,
,,~/%$#@##   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ##@#$%/~,,
,,~/%$#@##    BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE     ##@#$%/~,,
,,,,,,/$##                 SPRING))                 ##$/,,,,,,
,,,,,~%%$#                                          #$%%~,,,,,
,,~/%$#@##                     ~                    ##@#$%/~,,
,,~/%$####                                          ####$%/~,,
,,~/%$#@@# I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT  SIX AM. IT'S #@@#$%/~,,
,,~/%$#@## DARK,  AND  THE STARS  ARE OUT, BUT  THE ##@#$%/~,,
,,~~//$### SUN IS ABOUT TO  RISE.  ITS  A LONG DAY, ###$//~~,,
,,,,,,~%#@ 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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,,,~//%$##                                          ##$%//~,,,
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