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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,   ##,,###,,#
##,,,,#,,,     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 ,#####,,##
##########                 DREAMS.                  ,,###,,,,#
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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, ,,,,,,##,,
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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 ,,##,,####
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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 ##########
,,,,#,,##, - 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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