,,,,,,:@ @#&:,,,,,,
,,»:$@## ##@#&$:»,,
,,»:$### ####&$:»,,
,,,,,,»$#@ @#$»,,,,,,
,,,,:$&&@# #@&&$:,,,,
,,»:@### & 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 ###$$:»,,,
,,»:$@## FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ##@#&$:»,,
,,»:$@## ##@#&$:»,,
,,»:$@## , ##@#&$:»,,
,,,,,,:$## ##$:,,,,,,
,,,,,,:&@# AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS #@&:,,,,,,
,,,,,»»»$# WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND #$»»»,,,,,
,,,,,,:$## THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ##$:,,,,,,
,,»»::&@ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A @#&&::»»,,
,,,,,::$&@ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO @&$::,,,,,
,,»:$@## FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ##@#&$:»,,
,,,,,,»$## - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ##$»,,,,,,
,,»»»::& ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. #&&::»»»,,
,,»:$@## THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ##@#&$:»,,
,,»:$#@### ###@#$:»,,
,,»:$@## ##@#&$:»,,
,,»:$@## ##@#&$:»,,
,,,,»:$$&@ @&$$:»,,,,
,,,»:$## ###&$:»,,,
,,,,,,»$#@ @#$»,,,,,,