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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))                 ##@¤$%:«.,
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,.«:%$¤@##                    «                     ##@¤$%:«.,
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,.«:%$¤@## 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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,.«:%$¤@##                     ,                    ##@¤$%:«.,
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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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