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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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###§%†\=^.                    †                     .^=\†%§###
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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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