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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. #@@@%*=-,.
.,-=*%@@@# #@@@%*=-,.
.,-=*%@@@@ * @@@@%*=-,.
..,--***%@ @%***--,..
.,-=*%@@## 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. @*=-......
.,-=*%@@@# #@@@%*=-,.
.,-=*%@@@# . #@@@%*=-,.
...--***%@ @%***--...
....,--**@ 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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