,~~^%@£@@# #@@£@%^~~,
,~~^%@£@@# #@@£@%^~~,
,~~^%@£@## ##@£@%^~~,
,,,,~~^%%£ £%%^~~,,,,
,,,,,~^%££ ££%^~,,,,,
,~~^%@@@@@ @ 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. £%%^^~~,,,
,,,,~^@@@@ @@@@^~,,,,
,,,,,,~^@£ £@^~,,,,,,
,~~^%@£@@@ @@@£@%^~~,
,~~^%@£@@# #@@£@%^~~,
,,,~~^^@£@ @£@^^~~,,,
,,,,,~^@@@ @@@^~,,,,,