,,~~/$%%%@ @%%%$/~~,,
,~=/$%#@@# #@@#%$/=~,
,~=/$$$%%@ @%%$$$/=~,
,~=/$%#@## ##@#%$/=~,
,,~=//$%## ##%$//=~,,
,,,,,=$%## % DREAM PALACE % ##%$=,,,,,
,,,~===/%# ~ ----- ------ ~ #%/===~,,,
,,~==//%@@ % ..... ...... % @@%//==~,,
,~=/$%#@## / ..... ...... / ##@#%$/=~,
,,,,,~//%# ~ ..... ...... ~ #%//~,,,,,
,,,,~=$$## ~ ..... ...... ~ ##$$=~,,,,
,,,,,~/$%@ , ..... ...... , @%$/~,,,,,
,,,,,,=$#@ @#$=,,,,,,
,,,,,=/$#@ @#$/=,,,,,
,~=/$%#### NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ####%$/=~,
,~=/$%%%## WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ##%%%$/=~,
,,,,~~/%#@ 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 @%%/~,,,,,
,,,,,~=$#@ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE @#$=~,,,,,
,~=/$%#@## ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ##@#%$/=~,
,~=//$$%## THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ##%$$//=~,
,~=/$%#@## ##@#%$/=~,
,~=/$%#@@@ @@@#%$/=~,
,~=/$%#@## ##@#%$/=~,
,~=/$%#@@# #@@#%$/=~,
,~=/$%#### ####%$/=~,
,,,,,~/%## ##%/~,,,,,