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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 ###,,,#,,,
,,,,#,##,, 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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