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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, ####,,##,,
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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 ##########
########## 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. ##########
########## THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ##########
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