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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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#@#&$†^~:¨                                          ¨:~^†$&#@#
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