,,~/*§@###                                          ###@§*/~,,
,,,~/*§@##                                          ##@§*/~,,,
,,,,~/*§@#                                          #@§*/~,,,,
,,,~/*§@##                                          ##@§*/~,,,
,,~/*§@###                                          ###@§*/~,,
,,,~/*§@##             @ 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. #@§*/~,,,,
,,,~/*§@##                                          ##@§*/~,,,
,,~/*§@###                                          ###@§*/~,,
,,,~/*§@##                                          ##@§*/~,,,
,,,,~/*§@#                                          #@§*/~,,,,
,,,~/*§@##                                          ##@§*/~,,,
,,~/*§@###                                          ###@§*/~,,