..,,\\\@@@ @@@\\\,,..
.....,-\@@ @@\-,.....
.,-\%@¤@## ##@¤@%\-,.
....,-\%@¤ ¤@%\-,....
...,--%%@¤ ¤@%%--,...
....,,\@@# @ 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. @¤¤¤@%\-,.
.,-\%@¤¤@@ @@¤¤@%\-,.
.,-\%@¤@## ##@¤@%\-,.
.....,--%¤ ¤%--,.....
.,-\%@¤@## ##@¤@%\-,.
.....-%%¤# #¤%%-.....
.,-\%@¤@## ##@¤@%\-,.