,,«/†§#@## ##@#§†/«,,
,,«/†¤§#@# #@#§¤†/«,,
,,«/†¤§#@# #@#§¤†/«,,
,,«/†¤§#@@ @@#§¤†/«,,
,,,,«/†§§§ §§§†/«,,,,
,,,,,,/¤§§ ¤ 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. @§¤/,,,,,,
,,«/†¤§### ###§¤†/«,,
,,«/†¤§#@# #@#§¤†/«,,
,,,,,,/††§ §††/,,,,,,
,,«/†¤§#@@ @@#§¤†/«,,
,,«/†¤§##@ @##§¤†/«,,
,,,,,«/¤## ##¤/«,,,,,