,,,,~\^^%@ @%^^\~,,,,
,~~\^%@£## ##£@%^\~~,
,,,,,,~\^@ @^\~,,,,,,
,,,,~\^%@# #@%^\~,,,,
,~~\^^%@@@ @@@%^^\~~,
,~~\^%@@@£ % 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. ###£@^\~~,
,,,,,~~\%@ @%\~~,,,,,
,~~\^^%%%£ £%%%^^\~~,
,,,,~\%%@£ £@%%\~,,,,
,~~\^%@£## ##£@%^\~~,
,~~\^%%%%£ £%%%%^\~~,
,~~\^@£### ###£@^\~~,