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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 ,,,,,,,,##
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##,,##,,,, 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 ######,,,,
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#,,,,,,### 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 ##,,####,,
###,,##### THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A  BIT #,,,,##,,#
##,,,,#### MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND ,,##,,,,,,
,,,##,,### SOUNDS FROM  THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL #,,,,####,
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,,,####,,# 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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##,,##,,#,   PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS  ,,,,,,,,,,
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#########, FALL  ASLEEP  I'D ALWAYS  WAKE  UP FULLY ,#######,,
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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 ,,,,,,,###
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