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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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