.^~\%$@### ###@$%\~^.
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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. @@$$%~....
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