,~»*†%&@## ##@&%†*»~,
,~»*†††%%@ @%%†††*»~,
,,,,,»†††& &†††»,,,,,
,,,~»†††&@ @&†††»~,,,
,~»*†%%&&@ @&&%%†*»~,
,~»*†%&@@@ % 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. &&%*»»~,,,
,,~»*††%@@ @@%††*»~,,
,~~»»†%%%@ @%%%†»»~~,
,~»*†%&@@# #@@&%†*»~,
,~~»»†%%&@ @&%%†»»~~,
,~»*†%&@@@ @@@&%†*»~,
,,~~»††%@@ @@%††»~~,,