¨,~††%&@@@ @@@&%††~,¨
¨¨¨,~~~†%@ @%†~~~,¨¨¨
¨,~††%&@@# #@@&%††~,¨
¨,~††%&@@@ @@@&%††~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†%& &%†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~††%&@## % 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. @&&††,¨¨¨¨
¨,~††%&@@# #@@&%††~,¨
¨,~††%&@@# #@@&%††~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,,~†& &†~,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†††††&& &&†††††~,¨
¨,~††%&@## ##@&%††~,¨
¨,~††%%%%& &%%%%††~,¨