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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     §§^~......
.......~^§                 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.                  #@&§§^~...
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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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