.......-$# #$-.......
.~-*$#@@## ##@@#$*-~.
.~-*$$#@@@ @@@#$$*-~.
.~-*$$#@@# #@@#$$*-~.
...-*$$#@@ @@#$$*-...
.~-*$$#@@# $ DREAM PALACE $ #@@#$$*-~.
.~-*$$#@@# ~ ----- ------ ~ #@@#$$*-~.
...-**$$@@ $ ..... ...... $ @@$$**-...
.~-*$$#@@@ * ..... ...... * @@@#$$*-~.
.~-*$$#@@# ~ ..... ...... ~ #@@#$$*-~.
.~-*$$#@@# ~ ..... ...... ~ #@@#$$*-~.
.~-**$$$#@ . ..... ...... . @#$$$**-~.
.~-*$$#@## ##@#$$*-~.
....-$$### ###$$-....
.~-*$$#@@# NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE #@@#$$*-~.
.~-*$$#@@@ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY @@@#$$*-~.
.~-*$$#@@# OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #@@#$$*-~.
.~-*$$#@@# MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, #@@#$$*-~.
......--$# BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE #$--......
......~*$@ SPRING)) @$*~......
.~-*$$#@@@ @@@#$$*-~.
.~-*$$$##@ - @##$$$*-~.
.....~~-$# #$-~~.....
.~-*$$#@@# I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S #@@#$$*-~.
......~*$# DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE #$*~......
.~-*$$#@@# SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, #@@#$$*-~.
....--$$#@ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND @#$$--....
.~-*$$#@@# THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. #@@#$$*-~.
~-*$$#@@## IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ##@@#$$*-~
.~-*$$#@@@ DREAMS. @@@#$$*-~.
.....~-*$# #$*-~.....
.~-*$$$#@@ $ @@#$$$*-~.
....~**$## ##$**~....
.~-*$$$$@@ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO @@$$$$*-~.
......~-$# EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE #$-~......
.~-*$$#@@@ 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. #@@#$$*-~.
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.~-*$$#@@# #@@#$$*-~.
.....~-*$@ @$*-~.....
.....~--$# #$--~.....
.~-*$$#@@@ @@@#$$*-~.
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