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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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