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,-~^†%####             % DREAM PALACE %             ####%†^~-,
,,-~^†%###             - ----- ------ -             ###%†^~-,,
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,,,,-~^†%#             ^ ..... ...... ^             #%†^~-,,,,
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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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,-~^†%####                     #                    ####%†^~-,
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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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,,,,-~^†%#                     ,                    #%†^~-,,,,
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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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