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