##@&%†:«^. .^«:†%&@##
#@&%†:«^.. ..^«:†%&@#
##@&%†:«^. .^«:†%&@##
#@&%†:«^.. ..^«:†%&@#
##@&%†:«^. .^«:†%&@##
#@&%†:«^.. % 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. .^«:†%&@##
#@&%†:«^.. ..^«:†%&@#
##@&%†:«^. .^«:†%&@##
#@&%†:«^.. ..^«:†%&@#
##@&%†:«^. .^«:†%&@##
#@&%†:«^.. ..^«:†%&@#
##@&%†:«^. .^«:†%&@##