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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.                  ##@%^~,,,,
,,,~^%@###                                          ###@%^~,,,
,,~^%@####                     %                    ####@%^~,,
,,,~^%@###                                          ###@%^~,,,
,,,,~^%@## 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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