.~-†^*@@## ##@@*^†-~.
.~-†^*@¶¶@ @¶¶@*^†-~.
.~-†^*@¶@# #@¶@*^†-~.
.~-†^*@¶@# #@¶@*^†-~.
...~††^*@¶ ¶@*^††~...
.~-†^*@¶## * 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. @@*^†~~~~.
.~---††^@¶ ¶@^††---~.
.~-†^*@¶@@ @@¶@*^†-~.
.~-†^*@¶## ##¶@*^†-~.
....~~-^*¶ ¶*^-~~....
....--^^@¶ ¶@^^--....
.~-†^*@¶@# #@¶@*^†-~.