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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))                 §^=~......
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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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