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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 &&======,.
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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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