,-«**%¤#@# #@#¤%**«-,
,-«**%¤#@@ @@#¤%**«-,
,,,,«*%¤#@ @#¤%*«,,,,
,-«**%¤#@@ @@#¤%**«-,
,---«*%¤¤¤ ¤¤¤%*«---,
,,,,-**%#@ % 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. #%**--,,,,
,-«**%¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤%**«-,
,-**%¤#@## ##@#¤%**-,
,-«**%%%#@ @#%%%**«-,
,-«**%¤¤#@ @#¤¤%**«-,
,-«**%¤#@@ @@#¤%**«-,
,,-«««***¤ ¤***«««-,,