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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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