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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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