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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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