,~~:§§¤¶## ##¶¤§§:~~,
,~~:§§¤¶## ##¶¤§§:~~,
,~~:§§¤¶## ##¶¤§§:~~,
,~~:§§¤¶## ##¶¤§§:~~,
,~~:§§¶### ###¶§§:~~,
,~~:§§¤¶## § 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. ##¶¤§§:~~,
,~~:§§¤¶## ##¶¤§§:~~,
,,,~~:§§§¤ ¤§§§:~~,,,
,~~:§§¤¶## ##¶¤§§:~~,
,~~:§§¤¶## ##¶¤§§:~~,
,~~:§§¤¤¶¶ ¶¶¤¤§§:~~,
,~~:§§¤¶## ##¶¤§§:~~,