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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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