,,,.«%***£                                          £***%«.,,,
,,,.//**#@                                          @#**//.,,,
,,..««%*##                                          ##*%««..,,
,.«/%*#£##                                          ##£#*%/«.,
,,,,,«/%#@                                          @#%/«,,,,,
,.«/%*#£@#             * 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. ##@#*%/«.,
,,.«/%%*££                                          ££*%%/«.,,
,,,..«%*£@                                          @£*%«..,,,
,,..««//%#                                          #%//««..,,
,.«/%*#£@#                                          #@£#*%/«.,
,,,,,««/*£                                          £*/««,,,,,
,,,,./%%*£                                          £*%%/.,,,,