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##,,,,,,,, NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE.  A COTTAGE IN THE #,,,,,,,,#
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,###,,,,,, 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 #,,,,#,,,,
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,,,,#,,,,# 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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,,,###,,,, 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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#,##,,,###    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 ,,,,,,,,#,
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#,##,,,,## 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. ##,,,,,,,#
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