£*\=,,,,,, ,,,,,,=\*£
##@£%*\=,, ,,=\*%£@##
#@@£%*\=,, ,,=\*%£@@#
@££%\\,,,, ,,,,\\%££@
@££**\,,,, ,,,,\**££@
##@£%*\=,, % 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. ,,,,,=\%££
##@£%*\=,, ,,=\*%£@##
##@£%*\=,, ,,=\*%£@##
£*\,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,\*£
£££%%*\=,, ,,=\*%%£££
@%\\\,,,,, ,,,,,\\\%@
###@%*\=,, ,,=\*%@###