@¤%%-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-%%¤@
@@¤¤§%\-,¨ ¨,-\%§¤¤@@
@¤%--¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨--%¤@
@§%\\\,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,\\\%§@
##@@§%\-,¨ ¨,-\%§@@##
¤§\--,¨¨¨¨ § 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. ¨¨¨¨-\\\§¤
¤§§§\-,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,-\§§§¤
@@@¤§%\-,¨ ¨,-\%§¤@@@
@§\-----,¨ ¨,-----\§@
¤¤§%%-,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,-%%§¤¤
@¤§%%%\-,¨ ¨,-\%%%§¤@
@@¤%%%\-,¨ ¨,-\%%%¤@@