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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)) ##@¤%=^=-.
....-^^==¤ ¤==^^-....
....--^=¤¤ = ¤¤=^--....
.....--^=¤ ¤=^--.....
.-=^=%¤@## 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. ##@¤%=^=-.
.-=^=%¤@## ##@¤%=^=-.
.-==^==%¤@ = @¤%==^==-.
.-=^=%¤@## ##@¤%=^=-.
......-^%@ 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. #¤¤%%=^=-.
.-=^=%¤@## ##@¤%=^=-.
..---^^^%¤ ¤ ¤%^^^---..
-=^=%¤@### ###@¤%=^=-
.....=^=%¤ 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. ##@¤%=^=-.
.-=^=%¤@## ##@¤%=^=-.
.....===¤¤ @ ¤¤===.....
.-=^=%¤@@@ @@@¤%=^=-.
....-^==%¤ 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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.-=^==%%@@ @@%%==^=-.