&&%:=¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨=:%&&
#@@&%^:=.¨ ¨.=:^%&@@#
@&&&%^:=.¨ ¨.=:^%&&&@
#@@&%^:=.¨ ¨.=:^%&@@#
#@@&%^:=.¨ ¨.=:^%&@@#
#@@&%^:=.¨ % 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. ¨¨¨¨.::%&@
@%:=...¨¨¨ ¨¨¨...=:%@
#@@&%^:=.¨ ¨.=:^%&@@#
&^:.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.:^&
#@@&%^:=.¨ ¨.=:^%&@@#
@@@&%^:=.¨ ¨.=:^%&@@@
##@&%^:=.¨ ¨.=:^%&@##