,,^-=†&@##                                          ##@&†=-^,,
,^-=†&@###                                          ###@&†=-^,
,,^-=†&@##                                          ##@&†=-^,,
,,,^-=†&@#                                          #@&†=-^,,,
,,,,^-=†&@                                          @&†=-^,,,,
,,,^-=†&@#             & 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. ##@&†=-^,,
,^-=†&@###                                          ###@&†=-^,
,,^-=†&@##                                          ##@&†=-^,,
,,,^-=†&@#                                          #@&†=-^,,,
,,,,^-=†&@                                          @&†=-^,,,,
,,,^-=†&@#                                          #@&†=-^,,,
,,^-=†&@##                                          ##@&†=-^,,