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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     ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 ####,,,,##
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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 ####,,,,##
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,,##,,#### FORGETTING TO  PUT  THEM  IN THE SQUARE. ##,,,,,,##
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####,,,,## AT   NIGHT,  I  HAVE  DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS ,,######,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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