,,,,,~;%$#                                          #$%;~,,,,,
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,,,,~;%$##             $ DREAM PALACE $             ##$%;~,,,,
,,,,,~;%$#             , ----- ------ ,             #$%;~,,,,,
,,,,,,~;%$             $ ..... ...... $             $%;~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~;%             ; ..... ...... ;             %;~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~;%$             , ..... ...... ,             $%;~,,,,,,
,,,,,~;%$#             , ..... ...... ,             #$%;~,,,,,
,,,,~;%$##             , ..... ...... ,             ##$%;~,,,,
,,,~;%$###                                          ###$%;~,,,
,,~;%$####                                          ####$%;~,,
,,,~;%$### 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.      ##$%;~,,,,
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,,~;%$####                     #                    ####$%;~,,
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,,,,~;%$## 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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