,,,,:~^%¤@ @¤%^~:,,,,
,:~^%$¤@@# #@@¤$%^~:,
,,,,::~%$@ @$%~::,,,,
,:~^%$¤@@# #@@¤$%^~:,
,,,,:^%$¤@ @¤$%^:,,,,
,:~^%$¤@@@ $ 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, ¤%^~~:::,,
,:~^%$¤@@@ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A @@@¤$%^~:,
,:~^%$¤@@# LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO #@@¤$%^~:,
,,,,,,~%$¤ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¤$%~,,,,,,
,,,:^^%$@@ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE @@$%^^:,,,
,:~^%$¤@@# ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. #@@¤$%^~:,
,:~^%$$$@@ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. @@$$$%^~:,
,:~^%$¤@@# #@@¤$%^~:,
,:~^%$¤@@# #@@¤$%^~:,
,,,,,,:^$@ @$^:,,,,,,
,:~^%$¤@## ##@¤$%^~:,
,:~^%$$$@@ @@$$$%^~:,
,:~^%$¤¤@@ @@¤¤$%^~:,