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,,,,,,,^~*             % DREAM PALACE %             *~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^~*%             ^ ----- ------ ^             %*~^,,,,,,
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,,,,^~*%%#             * ..... ...... *             #%%*~^,,,,
,,,^~*%%#@             ^ ..... ...... ^             @#%%*~^,,,
,,^~*%%#@#             ^ ..... ...... ^             #@#%%*~^,,
,^~*%%#@##             , ..... ...... ,             ##@#%%*~^,
,,^~*%%#@#                                          #@#%%*~^,,
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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.                  *~^,,,,,,,
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,,,,^~*%%#                                          #%%*~^,,,,
,,,^~*%%#@ 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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,,,,,^~*%% 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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