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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 ,,######,,
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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     ,,########
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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 ,,,##,,,,#
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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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