,~~\%*¤¤¤¶ ¶¤¤¤*%\~~,
,,,~\\%**¶ ¶**%\\~,,,
,~~\%*¶@## ##@¶*%\~~,
,~~~~~~\*¤ ¤*\~~~~~~,
,,,,,~\%%¤ ¤%%\~,,,,,
,~~\%*¤¶@# * 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. #@¶¤*%\~~,
,~~\%*¤@## ##@¤*%\~~,
,,,,,~\*¶@ @¶*\~,,,,,
,~~\%*¤@## ##@¤*%\~~,
,,,,~~\*¤¶ ¶¤*\~~,,,,
,~~\%*¤¶@# #@¶¤*%\~~,
,,,,,,~~%¤ ¤%~~,,,,,,