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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)) #@#@$§†=:,
,:=†§$@#@# #@#@$§†=:,
,:=†§$@#@# = #@#@$§†=:,
,:=†§$@#@@ @@#@$§†=:,
,:†§$@#@## 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 @§††=,,,,,
,,:===†$@@ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY @@$†===:,,
,,,:==§$@# FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. #@$§==:,,,
,:=†§$@### ###@$§†=:,
,:=†§@#@## , ##@#@§†=:,
,:=†§$@#@# #@#@$§†=:,
,:=†§$@### AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ###@$§†=:,
,:=†§$@@## WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ##@@$§†=:,
,:=†§$@#@# THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, #@#@$§†=:,
,,,,,,=§@# 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. @§=:,,,,,,
,:=†§$@@## THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ##@@$§†=:,
,:=†§$@### ###@$§†=:,
,:=†§$@#@# #@#@$§†=:,
,,,,,,=§@# #@§=,,,,,,
,:=†§$@#@# #@#@$§†=:,
,:=†§$@#@@ @@#@$§†=:,
,,,,=†$$@@ @@$$†=,,,,