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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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