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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,   #%%^«,....
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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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