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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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.,«=†*¤#@# 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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