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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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,,###,,#,# 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, ,,,###,,,,
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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 ,,,,,,###,
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#,##,,,,,# HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ,,#,,,,,,,
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,,#,##,,,, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,,,,#,,,,,
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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 ,,###,,#,#
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