,,~†^%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤¤#@                                          @#¤¤%^†~,,
,,~†^¤#@##                                          ##@#¤^†~,,
,,,,~†%%¤@                                          @¤%%†~,,,,
,,~†^%¤¤¤¤                                          ¤¤¤¤%^†~,,
,,,,,,†^¤#             % 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.      #%%^~,,,,,
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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. #@#¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%^†~,,
,,,,~†%%%#                     ,                    #%%%†~,,,,
,,~†^%¤###                                          ###¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤#@# 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. ###¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤¤¤¤                                          ¤¤¤¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤#@@                                          @@#¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤###                                          ###¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%^†~,,