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.~«*%%§###             % DREAM PALACE %             ###§%%*«~.
.~«*%%§###             ~ ----- ------ ~             ###§%%*«~.
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...~«*%%§#             . ..... ...... .             #§%%*«~...
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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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