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