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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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,^~:§&§§§@                     ~                    @§§§&§:~^,
,^~:§&§###                                          ###§&§:~^,
,^~:§&§#@@ 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. §§§~^,,,,,
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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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