....==$$§¶                                          ¶§$$==....
.....--:*§                                          §*:--.....
.-=====$§§                                          §§$=====-.
.-=:$*§¶@#                                          #@¶§*$:=-.
...-:$*§§§                                          §§§*$:-...
.-=:$*§@##             * dream palace *             ##@§*$:=-.
.-=:$*§¶¶@             - ----- ------ -             @¶¶§*$:=-.
.-=:$*§¶@#             * ..... ...... *             #@¶§*$:=-.
.-=:$*§¶@#             : ..... ...... :             #@¶§*$:=-.
....--::$§             - ..... ...... -             §$::--....
....-=:$*§             - ..... ...... -             §*$:=-....
.-=::$**§§             . ..... ...... .             §§**$::=-.
....=$$*§@                                          @§*$$=....
.-=:$*§¶@#                                          #@¶§*$:=-.
....-:$$$§ not actually  a palace. a cottage in the §$$$:-....
....-=$$§§   woods (temperate climate, rains every  §§$$=-....
.-=:$$*§¶¶ other  day,  springs  and  streams   and ¶¶§*$$:=-.
.-=:$*§¶@#   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   #@¶§*$:=-.
.-=:$***¶¶     birdland-ish eternal spring (late    ¶¶***$:=-.
.....-==$§                 spring))                 §$==-.....
....-:$*§@                                          @§*$:-....
......-=$§                    =                     §$=-......
.-=:$*§¶@@                                          @@¶§*$:=-.
......=$*§ i wake  up every morning at six am. it's §*$=......
.-=:$*§¶@# dark,  and the stars  are  out,  but the #@¶§*$:=-.
....=::*§§ 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. ¶**:=-....
.-=:$*§¶@# this  is  a  mystery  we  often discuss. #@¶§*$:=-.
.-=:$*§¶@#                                          #@¶§*$:=-.
.-=:$*§¶@@                                          @@¶§*$:=-.
.--=:$$§¶@                                          @¶§$$:=--.
.-=:$***§§                                          §§***$:=-.
.-=:$*§¶@#                                          #@¶§*$:=-.
..-=:$*§¶@                                          @¶§*$:=-..