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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 ,###,,#,##
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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 ,###,,#,##
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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 ,,###,,#,#
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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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