,,~/=¤&@## ##@&¤=/~,,
,,,,,/==¤& &¤==/,,,,,
,,,,,,~=&# #&=~,,,,,,
,,~/=¤¤¤&& &&¤¤¤=/~,,
,,~/=¤¤¤&@ @&¤¤¤=/~,,
,,,,,~=¤@# ¤ 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. ##@&¤=/~,,
,,~/=¤&@@# #@@&¤=/~,,
,,~/=¤&@## ##@&¤=/~,,
,,~/=¤&@## ##@&¤=/~,,
,,,,,,,/¤@ @¤/,,,,,,,
,,~/===¤&# #&¤===/~,,
,,~/=¤&@@@ @@@&¤=/~,,