,^=:†&§#@#                                          #@#§&†:=^,
,,,,,=:†&#                                          #&†:=,,,,,
,^=:†&§#@#                                          #@#§&†:=^,
,^=:†&§#@@                                          @@#§&†:=^,
,^=:††††&#                                          #&††††:=^,
,^=:†&§§§@             & 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. @@#§&†:=^,
,^=:†&§#@#                                          #@#§&†:=^,
,,,^::&&§§                                          §§&&::^,,,
,^=:†&§#@#                                          #@#§&†:=^,
,^=:†&§#@#                                          #@#§&†:=^,
,^=:†&§###                                          ###§&†:=^,
,^=:†&&§§§                                          §§§&&†:=^,