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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)) ###¤¤%*~^.
.^~*%¤¤### ###¤¤%*~^.
.^~*%¤#### ~ ####¤%*~^.
.^~*%¤¤¤¤# #¤¤¤¤%*~^.
.^~*%¤¤¤## 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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