,:~\*¤¤@## ##@¤¤*\~:,
,:~\*¤¤@## ##@¤¤*\~:,
,,,,:~\¤¤@ @¤¤\~:,,,,
,:~\*¤¤@## ##@¤¤*\~:,
,:~~~~\\¤@ @¤\\~~~~:,
,,,,,~\*¤¤ ¤ 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. @¤¤¤¤*\~:,
,:~\*¤¤@## ##@¤¤*\~:,
,,,,:\*¤¤¤ ¤¤¤*\:,,,,
,:~\*¤¤@## ##@¤¤*\~:,
,:~\*¤¤@## ##@¤¤*\~:,
,,,,,,~*¤@ @¤*~,,,,,,
,:~\*¤¤@@# #@@¤¤*\~:,