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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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