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..,==%%@¶#             % DREAM PALACE %             #¶@%%==,..
.,==%%@¶##             , ----- ------ ,             ##¶@%%==,.
..,==%%@¶#             % ..... ...... %             #¶@%%==,..
...,==%%@¶             = ..... ...... =             ¶@%%==,...
....,==%%@             , ..... ...... ,             @%%==,....
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....,==%%@             . ..... ...... .             @%%==,....
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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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