#,,,,,,,##                                          #,,,,#,,##
,,#####,,,                                          ,,##,,,,,#
,,,###,,##                                          #,,,,###,,
##,,#,,,,#                                          ,,##,,#,,#
#,,,,,##,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,###,,,,,             & 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. ##,,,,##,,
,,,##,,###                                          #,,##,,,,,
##,,,,,,#,                                          ,,,,,,####
#,,####,,,                                          #####,,###
,,,,##,,#,                                          ,###,,,,##
,##,,,,,,,                                          ,,#,,##,,,
,,,,#####,                                          ,,,,,,,,##