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.###.#..## NOT  ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ..####.##.
#..###.#.#  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   .#...##.#.
#.#..##### OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND   STREAMS  AND ##..#.####
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#..##..##. SUN  IS ABOUT TO  RISE. ITS A LONG  DAY, .##..##...
#.#.#.#.## BEFORE  IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN, AND #.#.#.#..#
########.# THEN  IT  STAYS SO  UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. #######.#.
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#...#..... PLAYERS. PEN  AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, .#.....#.#
#..##....# MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND  VARIOUS THINGS  TO ##....###.
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#.#.##.... I HAVE  FRIENDS -  THERE'S A CAT,  AND A ..#...##.#
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...###..#. WANTS TO BE THE  BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO #.#.###.##
..#..#.### THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A  BIT ####..##.#
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##.#.##### 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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.##.#...## AT   NIGHT,  I  HAVE  DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS ...#...###
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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 ...#.#..#.
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#..###.#.# ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER  DURING THE DAY. .#...##.#.
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