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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     ##@#$§\«:,
,,,,,,,«§#                 SPRING))                 #§«,,,,,,,
,:«\§$#@##                                          ##@#$§\«:,
,:«\§$#@##                    «                     ##@#$§\«:,
,:«\§$@###                                          ###@$§\«:,
,:«\§$#@## 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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