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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    .......^~/
~^........                 SPRING))                 ........^~
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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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