,,,,,==$&@                                          @&$==,,,,,
,,,,,*%&&@                                          @&&%*,,,,,
,,=*$%&#@#                                          #@#&%$*=,,
,,=*$%&#@@                                          @@#&%$*=,,
,,,,,,==$&                                          &$==,,,,,,
,,,,,,=$&#             % DREAM PALACE %             #&$=,,,,,,
,,,,,==$&#             , ----- ------ ,             #&$==,,,,,
,,=*$%&#@#             % ..... ...... %             #@#&%$*=,,
,,,,=$$%##             * ..... ...... *             ##%$$=,,,,
,,=*$%&#@#             , ..... ...... ,             #@#&%$*=,,
,,=*$%#@##             , ..... ...... ,             ##@#%$*=,,
,,,,,,==$&             , ..... ...... ,             &$==,,,,,,
,,=*$%&#@#                                          #@#&%$*=,,
,,=*$%&#@#                                          #@#&%$*=,,
,,=*$%&#@# NOT ACTUALLY  A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE #@#&%$*=,,
,,=*$%#@##  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ##@#%$*=,,
,,,,*$$%%# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND   STREAMS  AND #%%$$*,,,,
,,=*$%&#@#   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   #@#&%$*=,,
,,,,,,,*$&    BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE     &$*,,,,,,,
,,=$%&#@##                 SPRING))                 ##@#&%$=,,
,,,,*$$%%#                                          #%%$$*,,,,
,,=*$$%&##                     =                    ##&%$$*=,,
,,,=*$$%##                                          ##%$$*=,,,
,,,,,,*%%& 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 ##%**==,,,
,,=*$%&#@# RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S #@#&%$*=,,
,,===*$&&# ACCIDENTS   WHERE  I   LOSE   STUFF   BY #&&$*===,,
,,=*$%&#@# FORGETTING TO PUT THEM  IN  THE  SQUARE. #@#&%$*=,,
,,=****$%#                                          #%$****=,,
,,,,,,=*$&                    ,                     &$*=,,,,,,
,,=*$%&#@@                                          @@#&%$*=,,
,,=*$%&#@# AT  NIGHT,  I  HAVE   DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS #@#&%$*=,,
,,=*$%&### WHERE  THE SPIRITS OF THE  FOREST AROUND ###&%$*=,,
,,=*$%&#@# THE  COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, #@#&%$*=,,
,,=*$%&#@# IT'S  NOT  ENDLESS  BUT CONNECTED  TO  A #@#&%$*=,,
,,=*$$$$&@ LARGE  SPRAWLING CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO @&$$$$*=,,
,,,,,=$&&& FRIENDS LIVE. WE  GO EXPLORING  TOGETHER &&&$=,,,,,
,=*$%&#@## - THINGS ARE DEEP  AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ##@#&%$*=,
,,,,=***$& ME,  THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. &$***=,,,,
,,=*$%&#@@ THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY WE  OFTEN  DISCUSS. @@#&%$*=,,
,,=*$%&#@#                                          #@#&%$*=,,
,,,,,,=$%#                                          #%$=,,,,,,
,,,,,,*$%#                                          #%$*,,,,,,
,,=*$%&#@#                                          #@#&%$*=,,
,,,,*$%%&&                                          &&%%$*,,,,
,,,,,=$$%#                                          #%$$=,,,,,