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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.                  ¨~«^%@&###
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&&&@%«~~¨¨                     %                    ¨¨~~«%@&&&
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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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####@%^«~¨ 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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