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.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                                          @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@             * DREAM PALACE *             @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#             : ----- ------ :             #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@             * ..... ...... *             @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#             * ..... ...... *             #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@             : ..... ...... :             @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#             : ..... ...... :             #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@             . ..... ...... .             @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                                          @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@# 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))                 @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                     «                    @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@ 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.                 @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                    %                     @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@ 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.              @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                    @                     @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@ 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.      @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                    #                     @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@ 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. #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                                          @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                    .                     #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                                          @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@# 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. #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                                          @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                                          @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.
..:«*%*@#@                                          @#@*%*«:..
.:«*%*@#@#                                          #@#@*%*«:.