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,~«=*§@¶##             § DREAM PALACE §             ##¶@§*=«~,
,~«=*§@¶##             ~ ----- ------ ~             ##¶@§*=«~,
,~«=***@@@             § ..... ...... §             @@@***=«~,
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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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