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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.                 ..,^*%##@#
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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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