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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 ##########
########## 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 ##########
########## 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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