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###,,##,,# NOT ACTUALLY A  PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ####,,####
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#,,####### 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 ##,,,,##,,
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,,,,####,,   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    ,,,,,,##,,
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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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