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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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