.~~/^&¤¶@# #@¶¤&^/~~.
.~~/^&¤¶¶¶ ¶¶¶¤&^/~~.
.~~/^&¤¶@# #@¶¤&^/~~.
.~~/^&¤¶@# #@¶¤&^/~~.
...~~~^&¤@ @¤&^~~~...
..~~~^&¤¤@ & 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. ¶¤^~......
.~~/^&¤¶@# #@¶¤&^/~~.
.~~/^&¤@## ##@¤&^/~~.
.....~^&&¶ ¶&&^~.....
......~~^¤ ¤^~~......
.~~/^&¤¶@# #@¶¤&^/~~.
...~~///&¤ ¤&///~~...