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,,,,~:%$#@             $ 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.      @#$%:~,,,,
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,,,~:%$#@#                                          #@#$%:~,,,
,,~:%$#@## 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. #@#$%:~,,,
,,~:%$#@##                                          ##@#$%:~,,
,,,~:%$#@#                     ,                    #@#$%:~,,,
,,,,~:%$#@                                          @#$%:~,,,,
,,,,,~:%$# 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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