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###,##,#,# NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A  COTTAGE IN THE ###,##,#,,
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##,#,##,,, 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, ,#,###,#,,
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#,#,#,##,# DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY   LARGE  AND #,,##,#,##
,######,## WANTS TO BE THE  BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,#,#,####,
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###,,,,#,# 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 #,,##,#,,,
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##,#,,#,#, "SAVE" THINGS.  WHATEVER  I  PUT IN HERE #,####,,#,
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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 #,,,,##,,,
,,##,,,,,# FORGETTING  TO PUT  THEM IN THE  SQUARE. ##,,,#,#,,
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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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