¨¨¨¨../^&@                                          @&^/..¨¨¨¨
¨.«/^&£@##                                          ##@£&^/«.¨
¨...//^^&£                                          £&^^//...¨
¨.«/^&£@##                                          ##@£&^/«.¨
¨.«/^&£@##                                          ##@£&^/«.¨
¨.«/^&£££#             & 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. #£^««¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨«//^^££                                          ££^^//«¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.//^£@                                          @£^//.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨«/&£                                          £&/«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«/^&£@##                                          ##@£&^/«.¨
¨.«/^&£@##                                          ##@£&^/«.¨
¨.«/^£@###                                          ###@£^/«.¨