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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 @§$$$=\«~,
,,,,««===§ DO ART  WITH. THE FRIDGE IS  FILLED WITH §===««,,,,
,~«\==$§#@ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM  INTRIGUING, @#§$==\«~,
,,,,,,«\=§             SLIGHTLY WEIRD.              §=\«,,,,,,
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,~«««=$$$§                    §                     §$$$=«««~,
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,~«\=$§#@# I HAVE  FRIENDS  - THERE'S A CAT,  AND A #@#§$=\«~,
,,,,~~«==§ DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY   LARGE  AND §==«~~,,,,
,~«\=$§### WANTS TO BE THE BIG  SPOON). I LISTEN TO ###§$=\«~,
,~«\=$§#@# THE  SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT #@#§$=\«~,
,~«\=$§#@# MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND #@#§$=\«~,
,~«\=$§#@# SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS  TELL #@#§$=\«~,
,~«\=$§#@# OF THEIR LIVES,  PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, #@#§$=\«~,
,,,,,,~\=§ AND  TELL  TALES  OF THE  OLD  WORLD.  I §=\~,,,,,,
,~«\\\\$§@      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      @§$\\\\«~,
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,~«\=$§#@#                     #                    #@#§$=\«~,
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,~«\=$§#@# MOST  IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO  SQUARE #@#§$=\«~,
,~«\=$§### METER  AREA  ON  THE  FLOOR WHERE I  CAN ###§$=\«~,
,~«\=$§#@# "SAVE"  THINGS.  WHATEVER I PUT IN  HERE #@#§$=\«~,
,~«\==$$§@ 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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