.....†$$&#                                          #&$$†.....
..«†^$&###                                          ###&$^†«..
.......«^&                                          &^«.......
......«†$#                                          #$†«......
..«†^^$$$&                                          &$$$^^†«..
..«†^$&###             $ 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 #$$^«««...
..«†^$&### friends live. we go  exploring  together ###&$^†«..
..«†^$&### - things are deep and dark -  but unlike ###&$^†«..
..«†^$&### me, they  never remember during the day. ###&$^†«..
..«†^$&### this  is  a  mystery  we often  discuss. ###&$^†«..
..«†^$&&&#                                          #&&&$^†«..
..«††^^^&#                                          #&^^^††«..
....††^&&&                                          &&&^††....
......††^&                                          &^††......
..«†^$&###                                          ###&$^†«..
..«†^$&###                                          ###&$^†«..