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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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.~-†^*@¶@#                     -                    #@¶@*^†-~.
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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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