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.#.#.#.#.#             £ DREAM PALACE £             #.#.#..#.#
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.#.#.#.#.#  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   #.#.#..#.#
.#.#.#.#.# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS   AND  STREAMS  AND #.#.#.##.#
.#.#.#.#.#   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   #.#.#..#.#
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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   #.#.#..#.#
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.#.#.#.#.#  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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