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,^=:§$§£@#             $ DREAM PALACE $             #@£§$§:=^,
,^=:§$§§£@             ^ ----- ------ ^             @£§§$§:=^,
,^=:§$§£@#             $ ..... ...... $             #@£§$§:=^,
,,,,=:::$§             : ..... ...... :             §$:::=,,,,
,,,^::$$££             ^ ..... ...... ^             ££$$::^,,,
,,,^^=:§$§             ^ ..... ...... ^             §$§:=^^,,,
,^=:§$$§§@             , ..... ...... ,             @§§$$§:=^,
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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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,,,^=::§$§                     =                    §$§::=^,,,
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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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,^=:§$§§§§                     §                    §§§§$§:=^,
,^=:§$§£@#                                          #@£§$§:=^,
,,,,,,,=§§ 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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,,,^^^:$§£                    ,                     £§$:^^^,,,
,^=:§$§£##                                          ##£§$§:=^,
,^=:§$§£@# AT  NIGHT,  I  HAVE   DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS #@£§$§:=^,
,,,,==:$§@ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF  THE  FOREST AROUND @§$:==,,,,
,^=:§$§£@@ THE  COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, @@£§$§:=^,
,^=:§$§£@@ IT'S  NOT  ENDLESS BUT  CONNECTED  TO  A @@£§$§:=^,
,^=:§$$$$£ LARGE  SPRAWLING  CITY, WHERE  MY  RADIO £$$$$§:=^,
,^=:§$§£@# FRIENDS  LIVE.  WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER #@£§$§:=^,
,^=:§$§£@# - THINGS ARE DEEP AND  DARK - BUT UNLIKE #@£§$§:=^,
,^=:§$§£@@ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER  DURING THE DAY. @@£§$§:=^,
,^=:§$§£@# THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY  WE  OFTEN DISCUSS. #@£§$§:=^,
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