¨¨¨,~=†$§@                                          @§$†=~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~=†$§@#                                          #@§$†=~,¨¨
¨,~=†$§@##                                          ##@§$†=~,¨
¨¨,~=†$§@#                                          #@§$†=~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~=†$§@                                          @§$†=~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~=†$§             $ 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. @§$†=~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~=†$§@#                                          #@§$†=~,¨¨
¨,~=†$§@##                                          ##@§$†=~,¨
¨¨,~=†$§@#                                          #@§$†=~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~=†$§@                                          @§$†=~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~=†$§                                          §$†=~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~=†$§@                                          @§$†=~,¨¨¨