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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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,,###,,,,# 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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,,,#,##,,, METER AREA  ON THE  FLOOR  WHERE  I  CAN #,##,,,###
#,,,,###,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER  I  PUT  IN HERE ,,###,,#,#
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,##,,,,###   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    #,,,###,,#
,###,,,#,#    COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH     ##,,#,##,,
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,,,###,,,# 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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,##,,,###, 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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