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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. #¤*=::¨¨¨¨
¨:«=††††¤#                                          #¤††††=«:¨
¨:«=†*¤###                    ¨                     ###¤*†=«:¨
¨¨¨¨««=**¤                                          ¤**=««¨¨¨¨
¨:«=†*¤### 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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¨¨¨¨¨:==*¤                                          ¤*==:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨:«=†*¤###                                          ###¤*†=«:¨