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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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