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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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