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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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