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....=%%%§#             § Dream Palace §             #§%%%=....
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.~=;%§§§¤#                                          #¤§§§%;=~.
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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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..~==;§¤##                    =                     ##¤§;==~..
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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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.~=;%§¤###                     %                    ###¤§%;=~.
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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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