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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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