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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    ##@#^†~:..
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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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