,,=†$§#£@@                                          @@£#§$†=,,
,,=†$§#£##                                          ##£#§$†=,,
,,,,,,††$#                                          #$††,,,,,,
,,,,,,†§##                                          ##§†,,,,,,
,,,,,†$$#@                                          @#$$†,,,,,
,,=†$§#££@             § DREAM PALACE §             @££#§$†=,,
,,,,,,†§£@             , ----- ------ ,             @£§†,,,,,,
,,,,,,†§££             § ..... ...... §             ££§†,,,,,,
,,=†$§#£##             † ..... ...... †             ##£#§$†=,,
,,,,,,=†§#             , ..... ...... ,             #§†=,,,,,,
,,=†$§#£@@             , ..... ...... ,             @@£#§$†=,,
,,=†$$$§§£             , ..... ...... ,             £§§$$$†=,,
,,,==†$#££                                          ££#$†==,,,
,,=†$§#£@#                                          #@£#§$†=,,
,,=†$§#£@# NOT ACTUALLY A  PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE #@£#§$†=,,
,,,,,=$§££  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ££§$=,,,,,
,,=†$§#£@# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND   STREAMS  AND #@£#§$†=,,
,,=†$§§#£@   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   @£#§§$†=,,
,,,,=†$§##     BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE    ##§$†=,,,,
,,=†$#£@##                 SPRING))                 ##@£#$†=,,
,,,,,=†$#£                                          £#$†=,,,,,
,,=†$§£@##                    =                     ##@£§$†=,,
,,,,,,=$#@                                          @#$=,,,,,,
,,,=†$§§#@ I WAKE UP  EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S @#§§$†=,,,
,,=†$§#£@# DARK,  AND THE  STARS  ARE  OUT, BUT THE #@£#§$†=,,
,,=†§#£@## 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. ££§§††,,,,
,,=†$§#£@# THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY  WE OFTEN  DISCUSS. #@£#§$†=,,
,,===$§§#@                                          @#§§$===,,
,,,,,,†$#@                                          @#$†,,,,,,
,,=†$§#@##                                          ##@#§$†=,,
,,,,,==$§£                                          £§$==,,,,,
,,=†$§#£@#                                          #@£#§$†=,,
,,=†$§#£@#                                          #@£#§$†=,,