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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 ,#,,,#,##,
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#,,,###,,,   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    ,,,#,,,#,#
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,###,,#,## 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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