,,,,~:$¤¤#                                          #¤¤$:~,,,,
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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.      @#¤¤$:~,,,
,,~:$¤¤#@#                                          #@#¤¤$:~,,
,,,~:$¤¤#@                     #                    @#¤¤$:~,,,
,,,,~:$¤¤#                                          #¤¤$:~,,,,
,,,,,~:$¤¤ 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. #¤¤$:~,,,,
,,,,,~:$¤¤                                          ¤¤$:~,,,,,
,,,,~:$¤¤#                                          #¤¤$:~,,,,
,,,~:$¤¤#@                                          @#¤¤$:~,,,
,,~:$¤¤#@#                                          #@#¤¤$:~,,
,,,~:$¤¤#@                                          @#¤¤$:~,,,
,,,,~:$¤¤#                                          #¤¤$:~,,,,