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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     ####**/~^.
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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 ####**/~^.
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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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