...~==%**@ @**%==~...
.~~=%*@### ###@*%=~~.
...~==**@@ @@**==~...
...~~%%§§§ §§§%%~~...
.......~%§ §%~.......
.....~~%%§ * 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. §§§%=~~~..
......~=*@ @*=~......
..~~===*@@ @@*===~~..
.~~=%*§@## ##@§*%=~~.
.....~~%§§ §§%~~.....
.~~=%*§@## ##@§*%=~~.
.~~=%*§@@@ @@@§*%=~~.