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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, ,,,######,
##,,,,####             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 ##########
########## ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING  THE DAY. ##########
########## THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY WE  OFTEN  DISCUSS. ##########
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