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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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