¨-=*$@#@## ##@#@$*=-¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-=*$@# #@$*=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# @ dream palace @ #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨-=*$@#@## - ----- ------ - ##@#@$*=-¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# @ ..... ...... @ #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ * ..... ...... * @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-=*$@# - ..... ...... - #@$*=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ - ..... ...... - @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# ¨ ..... ...... ¨ #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨-=*$@#@## ##@#@$*=-¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ not actually a palace. a cottage in the @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-=*$@# woods (temperate climate, rains every #@$*=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ other day, springs and streams and @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# mysterious iron and stone artifacts, #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨-=*$@#@## birdland-ish eternal spring (late ##@#@$*=-¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# spring)) #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-=*$@# = #@$*=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# i wake up every morning at six am. it's #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨-=*$@#@## dark, and the stars are out, but the ##@#@$*=-¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# sun is about to rise. its a long day, #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ before it fades to night again, and @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-=*$@# then it stays so until i fall asleep. #@$*=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ it doesn't rise unless i've had my @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# dreams. #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨-=*$@#@## ##@#@$*=-¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# $ #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-=*$@# 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. #@$*=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# # #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨-=*$@#@## ##@#@$*=-¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# 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. #@$*=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# @ #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨-=*$@#@## ##@#@$*=-¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# 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. ##@#@$*=-¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ ¨ @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-=*$@# #@$*=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ 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. ##@#@$*=-¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-=*$@# #@$*=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=*$@#@ @#@$*=-¨¨¨
¨¨-=*$@#@# #@#@$*=-¨¨
¨-=*$@#@## ##@#@$*=-¨