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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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