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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.                  ,@,,@,@,@,
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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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@,@,@,@,@@                    ,                     ,@,@@,@,@,
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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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