,,,:=**%@@ @@%**=:,,,
,:=*%%###@ @###%%*=:,
,:=*%%#@@# #@@#%%*=:,
,,,,::*%%@ @%%*::,,,,
,:=*%%#@@# #@@#%%*=:,
,,,,===%#@ % 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. #@@#%%*=:,
,,,,,,:*%@ @%*:,,,,,,
,,,,,::=%# #%=::,,,,,
,:=*%%###@ @###%%*=:,
,:=*%%#@@@ @@@#%%*=:,
,:=*%%#@@# #@@#%%*=:,
,:=*%%#@@@ @@@#%%*=:,