,,~†$*@¶## ##¶@*$†~,,
,,~†$*@¶@# #@¶@*$†~,,
,,,,,,†*¶¶ ¶¶*†,,,,,,
,,~†$*@¶@# #@¶@*$†~,,
,,~†$@¶@## ##@¶@$†~,,
,,,,~$$*@@ * DREAM PALACE * @@*$$~,,,,
,,~†*@¶@## , ----- ------ , ##@¶@*†~,,
,,,,~~†$$@ * ..... ...... * @$$†~~,,,,
,,~†$*@¶@@ † ..... ...... † @@¶@*$†~,,
,,~†$*@¶@# , ..... ...... , #@¶@*$†~,,
,,~†$*@¶@# , ..... ...... , #@¶@*$†~,,
,,~†$$$$@¶ , ..... ...... , ¶@$$$$†~,,
,,,,,~$*¶¶ ¶¶*$~,,,,,
,,~~†$$$$@ @$$$$†~~,,
,,,,,~~$@@ NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE @@$~~,,,,,
,,,,,~†$*@ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY @*$†~,,,,,
,,~††$$@¶@ 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. @$†††,,,,,
,,,,,~††*¶ ¶*††~,,,,,
,,,,,~$@@@ @@@$~,,,,,
,,,~†$$*@@ @@*$$†~,,,
,,~†$**@¶@ @¶@**$†~,,
,,~†$*@¶@# #@¶@*$†~,,
,,~†$***@@ @@***$†~,,