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