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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, ##,,##,,,,
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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 ,,#,,,,,,,
##,,##,,,, DREAMS. #,,,######
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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, #####,,,,#
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,,,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,######
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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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