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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,   #,##,,,,#,
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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 ,,,,,,#,,#
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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. ##,,,,#,##
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