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,:«^*$##@@                                          @@##$*^«:,
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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 @#*««:,,,,
,,,,««**$# DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY   LARGE  AND #$**««,,,,
,:«^*$##@# WANTS TO BE  THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO #@##$*^«:,
,:«^*$#### THE  SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ####$*^«:,
,:«^$##@## MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND ##@##$^«:,
,:«^*$##@# SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS  TELL #@##$*^«:,
,:«^*$#### OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE  GUITAR FOR ME, ####$*^«:,
,:«^*$##@@ AND  TELL  TALES  OF THE  OLD  WORLD.  I @@##$*^«:,
,:«^*$####      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      ####$*^«:,
,:«^*$##@@                                          @@##$*^«:,
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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, ###*««,,,,
,,,,««^^$# IT'S NOT  ENDLESS  BUT  CONNECTED  TO  A #$^^««,,,,
,:«^*$##@@ LARGE SPRAWLING  CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO @@##$*^«:,
,:«^*$##@@ FRIENDS LIVE.  WE GO  EXPLORING TOGETHER @@##$*^«:,
,:«^*$##@# - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT  UNLIKE #@##$*^«:,
,:«^^^$### ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING  THE DAY. ###$^^^«:,
,:«^*$##@# THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY  WE OFTEN  DISCUSS. #@##$*^«:,
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