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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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