,,,,,~~^¤# #¤^~~,,,,,
,~~^^§¤@## ##@¤§^^~~,
,~~^^§¤@## ##@¤§^^~~,
,~~^^§¤@## ##@¤§^^~~,
,,~~~~^§@# #@§^~~~~,,
,~~^^§§§§@ § 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. ##@¤§^^~~,
,~~^^§§¤@# #@¤§§^^~~,
,~~^^§¤¤¤# #¤¤¤§^^~~,
,~~^^§¤@## ##@¤§^^~~,
,~~^^§¤@## ##@¤§^^~~,
,~~^^§¤### ###¤§^^~~,
,,,,,~~^§¤ ¤§^~~,,,,,