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,#,,,,,##,             $ DREAM PALACE $             ,,#,#,#,##
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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,   ,#,#,,,###
,,##,,##,,    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 ,,##,#,,#,
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,##,##,##, 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 ####,#,,#,
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,,,,,#,,,# 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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###,#,,### 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. ,,,#,,,,,#
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