¨:»/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/»:¨
¨¨:»/*%¤@# #@¤%*/»:¨¨
¨:»/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/»:¨
¨¨:»/*%¤@# #@¤%*/»:¨¨
¨:»/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/»:¨
¨¨:»/*%¤@# % 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. ##@¤%*/»:¨
¨¨:»/*%¤@# #@¤%*/»:¨¨
¨:»/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/»:¨
¨¨:»/*%¤@# #@¤%*/»:¨¨
¨:»/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/»:¨
¨¨:»/*%¤@# #@¤%*/»:¨¨
¨:»/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/»:¨