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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.             ##¶§§==~^,
,^~==§§@##                                          ##@§§==~^,
,^~==§§¶@#                     §                    #@¶§§==~^,
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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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,^~==§§¶@# 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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