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.....~^$@@             $ DREAM PALACE $             @@$^~.....
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.~«^§§$$§§             $ ..... ...... $             §§$$§§^«~.
....~^$$§@             ^ ..... ...... ^             @§$$^~....
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.~«^§$§@@#             ~ ..... ...... ~             #@@§$§^«~.
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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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.~«^§$§@##                     §                    ##@§$§^«~.
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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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