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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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