MEMPALACE_PALACE_PATH (and legacy MEMPAL_PALACE_PATH) read from the
environment was returned as-is from Config.palace_path, while the
sibling --palace CLI path gets os.path.abspath() applied at
mcp_server.py:62. That inconsistency means env-var callers can end
up with literal '~' or unresolved '..' segments in the path, which
(a) breaks user intuition and (b) lets a caller who can set env vars
on the target user's session redirect palace storage to an
unexpected location.
Apply os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(...)) to the env-var branch
so both code paths converge on the same resolved absolute path.
Closes#1163
Arnold Wender
bcd07916a3