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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. ,##,,,,,,#
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