,:=*†$¤@##                                          ##@¤$†*=:,
,,:=*†$¤@#                                          #@¤$†*=:,,
,:=*†$¤@##                                          ##@¤$†*=:,
,,:=*†$¤@#                                          #@¤$†*=:,,
,:=*†$¤@##                                          ##@¤$†*=:,
,,:=*†$¤@#             $ 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. ##@¤$†*=:,
,,:=*†$¤@#                                          #@¤$†*=:,,
,:=*†$¤@##                                          ##@¤$†*=:,
,,:=*†$¤@#                                          #@¤$†*=:,,
,:=*†$¤@##                                          ##@¤$†*=:,
,,:=*†$¤@#                                          #@¤$†*=:,,
,:=*†$¤@##                                          ##@¤$†*=:,