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.~=;=&¤@@# #@@¤&=;=~.
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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)) #@@¤&=;=~.
.~=;=&¤@@@ @@@¤&=;=~.
..~~=====¤ = ¤=====~~..
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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. @@¤¤&=;=~.
.~=;=&¤@@# #@@¤&=;=~.
.~====&&@@ = @@&&====~.
....~;&¤¤@ @¤¤&;~....
.~=;=&¤@## 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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