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