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,:~=†&§@@#                                          #@@§&†=~:,
,:~=†&§@##                                          ##@§&†=~:,
,:~=†&&&@@                                          @@&&&†=~:,
,:~=†&§@##             & DREAM PALACE &             ##@§&†=~:,
,,,,,~~=&@             : ----- ------ :             @&=~~,,,,,
,:~=†&§@##             & ..... ...... &             ##@§&†=~:,
,:~=†&§@##             = ..... ...... =             ##@§&†=~:,
,:~=†&§@##             : ..... ...... :             ##@§&†=~:,
,:~=†&§@##             : ..... ...... :             ##@§&†=~:,
,:~=†&§@##             , ..... ...... ,             ##@§&†=~:,
,,,,,:==&§                                          §&==:,,,,,
,:~=†&§@##                                          ##@§&†=~:,
,:~=†&§@## 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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