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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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