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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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