.^~=%£#£@#                                          #@£#£%=~^.
.^~=%£#£@#                                          #@£#£%=~^.
....^^=%%#                                          #%%=^^....
.^~=%£#£@#                                          #@£#£%=~^.
.^~=%£#£@#                                          #@£#£%=~^.
.^~=%£#£@#             £ 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. #£==~.....
...^^~%£#£                                          £#£%~^^...
.^~=%£##££                                          ££##£%=~^.
.^~=%£#£££                                          £££#£%=~^.
...^~~%%#@                                          @#%%~~^...
.^~=%£#£@@                                          @@£#£%=~^.
.....^==%#                                          #%==^.....