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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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