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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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¨~=/†§#@##                     =                    ##@#§†/=~¨
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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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