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.:«\*#@###             * DREAM PALACE *             ###@#*\«:.
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.:«\***###   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ###***\«:.
....:«*##@ OTHER   DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND @##*«:....
.....«\*##   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ##*\«.....
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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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.:«\**#@## MIRRORS,  PRISMS, AND VARIOUS  THINGS TO ##@#**\«:.
.:«\**#@## DO ART  WITH. THE FRIDGE IS  FILLED WITH ##@#**\«:.
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.:«\**#@## DOG  (WHO   IS  RIDICOLOUSLY  LARGE  AND ##@#**\«:.
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.:«\**#@@# 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 @@@#**\«:.
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.:«\**#@##  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. @****«««:.
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