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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     ##¤$==~^..
.^~==$¤###                 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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