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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 ##########
########## 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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