.^-†**&@## ##@&**†-^.
....-†*&&@ @&&*†-....
.^-†**&@## ##@&**†-^.
.^-†**&@## ##@&**†-^.
...^-**&&& &&&**-^...
......-*&& * 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. ##@&**†-^.
.^-†**&@## ##@&**†-^.
.^-†*&@### ###@&*†-^.
.^-†****@# #@****†-^.
.^-†**&@## ##@&**†-^.
.^-†**&@@# #@@&**†-^.
.^-†**&@## ##@&**†-^.