.^«\†$&###                                          ###&$†\«^.
.^«\†&####                                          ####&†\«^.
.^«\\\\$$&                                          &$$\\\\«^.
.^«\†$&###                                          ###&$†\«^.
.^«\†$&###                                          ###&$†\«^.
.^«\†$$$$&             $ DREAM PALACE $             &$$$$†\«^.
.....^^«†&             ^ ----- ------ ^             &†«^^.....
.^«\†$&###             $ ..... ...... $             ###&$†\«^.
.^«\†$&###             \ ..... ...... \             ###&$†\«^.
......«†$&             ^ ..... ...... ^             &$†«......
......^\$#             ^ ..... ...... ^             #$\^......
.^^««\†$$&             . ..... ...... .             &$$†\««^^.
......^«†&                                          &†«^......
.....^«†$#                                          #$†«^.....
...«\\††$# NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE.  A COTTAGE IN THE #$††\\«...
.^«\†$&###   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ###&$†\«^.
.^«\†$$$$# OTHER  DAY,   SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND #$$$$†\«^.
.^«\†$&###   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ###&$†\«^.
.....^\†&#     BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE    #&†\^.....
.^««««†&&&                 SPRING))                 &&&†««««^.
......«†$#                                          #$†«......
....«\†$$&                    «                     &$$†\«....
...«\\$&&&                                          &&&$\\«...
.^«\†$&&&# I WAKE UP  EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S #&&&$†\«^.
....^\†&&# DARK,  AND THE  STARS  ARE  OUT, BUT THE #&&†\^....
.^««««††&# SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS  A  LONG  DAY, #&††««««^.
.^«\†$#### BEFORE  IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN, AND ####$†\«^.
....^«\$## THEN  IT STAYS  SO UNTIL I FALL  ASLEEP. ##$\«^....
....«††$$# 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. ####$†\«^.
.^«\\\\†&#                                          #&†\\\\«^.
.^«\†$&###                                          ###&$†\«^.
.^«\†$&###                                          ###&$†\«^.
.^«\†$&###                                          ###&$†\«^.
.^«\†$$$$#                                          #$$$$†\«^.
......«†$&                                          &$†«......