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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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