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.~«††^^@#@ @#@^^††«~.
.~«†^¤@#@@ @@#@¤^†«~.
......«^@# #@^«......
.~«†^¤@#@# #@#@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤@#@# ¤ DREAM PALACE ¤ #@#@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤@#@# ~ ----- ------ ~ #@#@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤@#@# ¤ ..... ...... ¤ #@#@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤@### † ..... ...... † ###@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤¤@## ~ ..... ...... ~ ##@¤¤^†«~.
.....~«^^@ ~ ..... ...... ~ @^^«~.....
.~«†^¤@#@# . ..... ...... . #@#@¤^†«~.
...~«†¤¤@# #@¤¤†«~...
.~«†^¤@#@@ @@#@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤@#@# 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)) @@^««.....
.~«†^¤@#@# #@#@¤^†«~.
....~††^@@ « @@^††~....
.~«†^¤@### ###@¤^†«~.
.~«††^^^@@ 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. @@#@¤^†«~.
.~~~†^^¤@@ @@¤^^†~~~.
.~«†^¤@#@# ^ #@#@¤^†«~.
.....~†¤## ##¤†~.....
.~««†^¤@@# 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. #@#@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤@#@# #@#@¤^†«~.
.....~«^^@ @ @^^«~.....
.~«†^¤@#@# #@#@¤^†«~.
...~«^¤¤## 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. #@#@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤@#@# #@#@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤@#@@ # @@#@¤^†«~.
.~~~~~~«^@ @^«~~~~~~.
.....««†^@ 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. @@@^^†~...
.~«†^¤@#@# #@#@¤^†«~.
...~«††¤@@ . @@¤††«~...
.~«†^¤@#@# #@#@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤@@@# 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. ###@¤^†«~.
.....«^@@@ @@@^«.....
....~††^¤# #¤^††~....
.~«†^¤@#@@ @@#@¤^†«~.
.~«†^¤@##@ @##@¤^†«~.
.....~††¤# #¤††~.....
.~«††^^^¤@ @¤^^^††«~.