,:»^=%¤@## ##@¤%=^»:,
,:»^=%¤@@# #@@¤%=^»:,
,:»^=%¤@@# #@@¤%=^»:,
,,,,,:»»=¤ ¤=»»:,,,,,
,:»^=%¤@@# #@@¤%=^»:,
,:»^=%¤@## % 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. @¤%===^»:,
,:::^^^%%@ @%%^^^:::,
,:»^=%¤@@# #@@¤%=^»:,
,:»^=%¤@## ##@¤%=^»:,
,:»^^^^^=¤ ¤=^^^^^»:,
,:»^=%¤@@# #@@¤%=^»:,
,:»»»==%@@ @@%==»»»:,