,,,~~~†*§@ @§*†~~~,,,
,,,,~~†*§@ @§*†~~,,,,
,,,,,,,~*§ §*~,,,,,,,
,~~†*§#@## ##@#§*†~~,
,~~†*$$$$§ §$$$$*†~~,
,~~†*$§§§@ $ DREAM PALACE $ @§§§$*†~~,
,~~†*$§#@# ~ ----- ------ ~ #@#§$*†~~,
,,,,,~~*$# $ ..... ...... $ #$*~~,,,,,
,~~†*$#@## † ..... ...... † ##@#$*†~~,
,~~†*$§#@# ~ ..... ...... ~ #@#§$*†~~,
,~~†*$§#@# ~ ..... ...... ~ #@#§$*†~~,
,~~†*$$§§§ , ..... ...... , §§§$$*†~~,
,~~†*$$$$§ §$$$$*†~~,
,~~†*$§#@@ @@#§$*†~~,
,~~†*$§#@# NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE #@#§$*†~~,
,~~†*$#@## WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ##@#$*†~~,
,~~†*$§#@# OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #@#§$*†~~,
,,,,,~~†$§ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, §$†~~,,,,,
,~~†*$$$§@ 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 §$$†††~~~,
,~~†*$§### METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ###§$*†~~,
,,,,,,~*$# "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE #$*~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~†$# WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY #$†~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~†$§ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS §$†~~,,,,,
,~~†*$§#@@ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH @@#§$*†~~,
,,,~~*$§§§ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS §§§$*~~,,,
,,,,,~†$#@ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D @#$†~,,,,,
,,,,,,,~*§ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY §*~,,,,,,,
,~~†*$§### RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ###§$*†~~,
,,,,,,~*§§ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY §§*~,,,,,,
,,,~~††$§§ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. §§$††~~,,,
,~~†*$§#@# #@#§$*†~~,
,~~†*$§#@# , #@#§$*†~~,
,~~†*$§#@# #@#§$*†~~,
,~~†*$§#@@ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS @@#§$*†~~,
,,,,~†$§§@ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND @§§$†~,,,,
,,,,,~~†*§ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, §*†~~,,,,,
,~~†*$§#@# IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A #@#§$*†~~,
,,,,~†**§§ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO §§**†~,,,,
,,,~~†**§§ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER §§**†~~,,,
,,,,~~**§# - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE #§**~~,,,,
,,,,,~~†$§ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. §$†~~,,,,,
,~~†*$§#@@ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. @@#§$*†~~,
,~~†*$§#@@ @@#§$*†~~,
,~~†*$#@## ##@#$*†~~,
,~~~††$$## ##$$††~~~,
,~~††*$$§§ §§$$*††~~,
,~~*$§#@## ##@#§$*~~,
,~~†*$§### ###§$*†~~,