,,,~/*&§@#                                          #@§&*/~,,,
,,~/*&§@##                                          ##@§&*/~,,
,,,~/*&§@#                                          #@§&*/~,,,
,,,,~/*&§@                                          @§&*/~,,,,
,,,~/*&§@#                                          #@§&*/~,,,
,,~/*&§@##             & 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. #@§&*/~,,,
,,,,~/*&§@                                          @§&*/~,,,,
,,,~/*&§@#                                          #@§&*/~,,,
,,~/*&§@##                                          ##@§&*/~,,
,,,~/*&§@#                                          #@§&*/~,,,
,,,,~/*&§@                                          @§&*/~,,,,
,,,~/*&§@#                                          #@§&*/~,,,