,,#,,,,,## ,,,,,,,,,,
#,,,###,,, ,#########
,,#,,#,,## ,,########
,,,,,,,,,# ,,,######,
########,, ##,,####,,
,######,,, % 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. ##########
########## ##########
########## ##########
########## ##########
########## ##########
########## ##########
########## ##########