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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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..~~-/*%§§ 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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..~~/**%## 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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