,,~**£@#@# #@#@£**~,,
,,~**£@### ###@£**~,,
,,~**££@@@ @@@££**~,,
,,,,,~~**@ @**~~,,,,,
,,~~~~*££# #££*~~~~,,
,,,,,**£@@ £ 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. @@@@£**~,,
,,~**£@#@@ @@#@£**~,,
,,~****££@ @££****~,,
,,~**£@#@# #@#@£**~,,
,,~**£@#@# #@#@£**~,,
,,,,~*££#@ @#££*~,,,,
,,~**£@#@@ @@#@£**~,,