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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 #.##.#.#.#
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#.#.#.#.#. 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    #..#.#.#..
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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 #..#.#.#..
#.#.#.#.#. 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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