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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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