,--:^§¤@@@ @@@¤§^:--,
,,,,,---^¤ ¤^---,,,,,
,--:^§¤@@# #@@¤§^:--,
,--:^§¤@@# #@@¤§^:--,
,,,,,,--^¤ ¤^--,,,,,,
,,,,-:^§@@ § 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. ¤¤§^:---,,
,,,,,--^§@ @§^--,,,,,
,,,----^¤@ @¤^----,,,
,--:^§¤@@# #@@¤§^:--,
,,,,-:^§¤¤ ¤¤§^:-,,,,
,,,,,---^¤ ¤^---,,,,,
,,,,-::^^¤ ¤^^::-,,,,