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¨:~†^%%@@#                                          #@@%%^†~:¨
¨¨¨¨~~^^%#             % DREAM PALACE %             #%^^~~¨¨¨¨
¨:~†^%@###             : ----- ------ :             ###@%^†~:¨
¨:~†^%@###             % ..... ...... %             ###@%^†~:¨
¨:~†^%@@##             † ..... ...... †             ##@@%^†~:¨
¨:~†^%@###             : ..... ...... :             ###@%^†~:¨
¨¨¨¨~~^@##             : ..... ...... :             ##@^~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:†^%##             ¨ ..... ...... ¨             ##%^†:¨¨¨¨
¨:~†^%@###                                          ###@%^†~:¨
¨¨¨:~†%%%@                                          @%%%†~:¨¨¨
¨:~†^%@### 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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¨:~†^^^%@@                    ¨                     @@%^^^†~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~^^@                                          @^^~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~†^%@### 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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