,,,~:%$#@# #@#$%:~,,,
,,~:%$#@## ##@#$%:~,,
,,,~:%$#@# #@#$%:~,,,
,,,,~:%$#@ @#$%:~,,,,
,,,,,~:%$# #$%:~,,,,,
,,,,~:%$#@ $ 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. #@#$%:~,,,
,,~:%$#@## ##@#$%:~,,
,,,~:%$#@# #@#$%:~,,,
,,,,~:%$#@ @#$%:~,,,,
,,,,,~:%$# #$%:~,,,,,
,,,,~:%$#@ @#$%:~,,,,
,,,~:%$#@# #@#$%:~,,,