####£§;~~¨ ¨~~;§£####
###£§;~~¨¨ ¨¨~~;§£###
##£§;~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~;§£##
#£§;~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~;§£#
£§;~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~;§£
#£§;~~¨¨¨¨ $ 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. ¨¨¨~~;§£##
###£§;~~¨¨ ¨¨~~;§£###
####£§;~~¨ ¨~~;§£####
###£§;~~¨¨ ¨¨~~;§£###
##£§;~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~;§£##
#£§;~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~;§£#
£§;~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~;§£