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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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