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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))                 #£$§§§=~,,
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,,~=§$@£##                     ~                    ##£@$§=~,,
,,,~~~~=§@                                          @§=~~~~,,,
,,,,,,~§@£ I  WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S £@§~,,,,,,
,,~~~===$£ 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 ££@§=~~,,,
,,~=§$$@@# OF  THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, #@@$$§=~,,
,,,,~=$$$@ AND  TELL TALES  OF  THE  OLD  WORLD.  I @$$$=~,,,,
,,~=§$@£##      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      ##£@$§=~,,
,,~=§$£###                                          ###£$§=~,,
,,,~==§@@@                    £                     @@@§==~,,,
,,~=§$@###                                          ###@$§=~,,
,,,,,==$££ MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A  TWO  SQUARE ££$==,,,,,
,,~=§$@£## METER  AREA  ON  THE FLOOR  WHERE I  CAN ##£@$§=~,,
,,~=§$@£££ "SAVE" THINGS.  WHATEVER  I PUT  IN HERE £££@$§=~,,
,,~=§$@@@@ WILL  NOT  BE  AFFECTED  BY THE  NIGHTLY @@@@$§=~,,
,,~=§$@£##   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    ##£@$§=~,,
,~=§$@£###    COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH     ###£@$§=~,
,,,~===$££   PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS  ££$===~,,,
,,~=§$@£## HEALED,  AND  WHEREVER AND  WHENEVER I'D ##£@$§=~,,
,,,,,,~§@£ 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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