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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))                 ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@                     »                    ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@ 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.      ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@                    ¶                     ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@ 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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,@,@,@,@,@                     ,                    ,@,@,@,@,@
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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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