,,,,,,~%#@ @#%~,,,,,,
,,~/%%$$$@ @$$$%%/~,,
,,,,,/%$$# #$$%/,,,,,
,,,,,~%%$@ @$%%~,,,,,
,,,,,/$### ###$/,,,,,
,,,,,/%$## $ 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. ###$$%/~,,
,,~/%$#@@# #@@#$%/~,,
,,~/%$#@## ##@#$%/~,,
,,,,,,/$$@ @$$/,,,,,,
,,,~~%%%$@ @$%%%~~,,,
,,,~//%$## ##$%//~,,,
,,,,,/%%## ##%%/,,,,,