,,~:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:~,,
,,~:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:~,,
,,,,,,:%%@ @%%:,,,,,,
,,~:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:~,,
,,~:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:~,,
,,~:*%¤@@# % 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. @@¤***:~,,
,,~:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:~,,
,,~:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:~,,
,,~:*%%¤¤@ @¤¤%%*:~,,
,,~:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:~,,
,,~:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:~,,
,,~:*%¤### ###¤%*:~,,