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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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¨¨:/$%@###                     -                    ###@%$/:¨¨
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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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