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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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