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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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