¨^-:*£¤¤@@ @@¤¤£*:-^¨
¨^-:*£¤@@@ @@@¤£*:-^¨
¨-:*£¤@### ###@¤£*:-¨
¨^-:*£¤@## ##@¤£*:-^¨
¨^:*£¤@### ###@¤£*:^¨
¨^-:*£¤@## £ 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. #@£*:^^^¨¨
¨^-:*£¤@@@ @@@¤£*:-^¨
¨^-:*£¤@## ##@¤£*:-^¨
¨¨¨¨----*¤ ¤*----¨¨¨¨
¨^-:*£££¤¤ ¤¤£££*:-^¨
¨^-:*£¤@## ##@¤£*:-^¨
¨¨¨^^--*¤¤ ¤¤*--^^¨¨¨