.:«:†&@£##                                          ##£@&†:«:.
..:«:†&@£#                                          #£@&†:«:..
.:«:†&@£##                                          ##£@&†:«:.
..:«:†&@£#                                          #£@&†:«:..
.:«:†&@£##                                          ##£@&†:«:.
..:«:†&@£#             & 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. ##£@&†:«:.
..:«:†&@£#                                          #£@&†:«:..
.:«:†&@£##                                          ##£@&†:«:.
..:«:†&@£#                                          #£@&†:«:..
.:«:†&@£##                                          ##£@&†:«:.
..:«:†&@£#                                          #£@&†:«:..
.:«:†&@£##                                          ##£@&†:«:.