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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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