..~«**††@# #@††**«~..
..~~«*¤@## ##@¤*«~~..
.~«*†¤@#@# #@#@¤†*«~.
.~«*†¤@@@@ @@@@¤†*«~.
.~«*†¤@@## ##@@¤†*«~.
.~«*†¤@### ¤ 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. @@#@¤†*«~.
.~«*†¤@@## ##@@¤†*«~.
.~«*†¤@### ###@¤†*«~.
.....««*¤# #¤*««.....
.~«*†¤@### ###@¤†*«~.
.~«**††@@# #@@††**«~.
.~«*†¤@### ###@¤†*«~.