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,,,,,/*§@#             * DREAM PALACE *             #@§*/,,,,,
,,«/§*§@##             , ----- ------ ,             ##@§*§/«,,
,,,,,«§§@@             * ..... ...... *             @@§§«,,,,,
,,«/§*@###             / ..... ...... /             ###@*§/«,,
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,,,,,,/*§§             , ..... ...... ,             §§*/,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,,/*§ 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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