,,#,,#,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,#,,
#,,,,,,###                                          ,#####,,,#
,,####,,#,                                          ,,###,,#,,
#,,##,,,,,                                          #,,#,,,,,#
,,,,,,####                                          ,,,,,###,,
#####,,###             £ 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. ##########
##########                                          ##########
##########                                          ##########
#########,                                          ##########
########,,                                          ##########
#######,,,                                          ##########
######,,##                                          ##########