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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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