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......,~:*             $ DREAM PALACE $             *:~,......
.....,~:*$             , ----- ------ ,             $*:~,.....
....,~:*$£             $ ..... ...... $             £$*:~,....
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..,~:*$£@#             , ..... ...... ,             #@£$*:~,..
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..,~:*$£@#             . ..... ...... .             #@£$*:~,..
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.....,~:*$ 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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