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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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#..#..#..# 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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#..#..#..#   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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#..#..#..# 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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