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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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####,,#,#,   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    ,,,#,###,,
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,,####,##, FALL  ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS  WAKE  UP  FULLY #,,,,##,,#
#,#,,,##,# RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ##,,,#,#,#
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#,##,##,## THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE.  HERE, ,#,,,#,##,
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,,,##,##,# 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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