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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 ,,,,#####,
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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 ##,,,,###,
,,####,,,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING  THE DAY. #,,##,,#,,
#,,##,,### THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY  WE OFTEN  DISCUSS. ,,,,,,,,,#
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