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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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