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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 #,##,#,#,,
#,##,,#,#,                 DREAMS.                  #,,#,#,#,#
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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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