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.^«†^@&&¶@             @ DREAM PALACE @             @¶&&@^†«^.
.^«†^@&¶@#             ^ ----- ------ ^             #@¶&@^†«^.
.^«†^@&&&¶             @ ..... ...... @             ¶&&&@^†«^.
.^«†^@&¶@#             † ..... ...... †             #@¶&@^†«^.
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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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.^«†^@&¶@@ 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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