,,-//%*@£# #£@*%//-,,
,,-//%**£# #£**%//-,,
,,-/%*@£## ##£@*%/-,,
,,,---/*@# #@*/---,,,
,,,,,,-%@# #@%-,,,,,,
,,-/%*@£## * 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. £££@*%/-,,
,,-/%*@£## ##£@*%/-,,
,,,,,,,-%@ @%-,,,,,,,
,,,,,-%%@# #@%%-,,,,,
,,-/%%%%@# #@%%%%/-,,
,,,--/*@££ ££@*/--,,,
,,-/%*@£## ##£@*%/-,,