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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    #@#@*=:~:.
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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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.....:~==@ 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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