,--;†$#@## ##@#$†;--,
,--;†$#@## ##@#$†;--,
,,,,,,-;†# #†;-,,,,,,
,--;†$#@## ##@#$†;--,
,,,,,--;$# #$;--,,,,,
,,,,,,,-†# $ 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. ##†--,,,,,
,,---;†$#@ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. @#$†;---,,
,--;†$#@## ##@#$†;--,
,--;†$#@## ##@#$†;--,
,,-----;$@ @$;-----,,
,,,----†## ##†----,,,
,--;†$#@## ##@#$†;--,
,--;;;$#@# #@#$;;;--,