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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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