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