,~~=%$¤@## ##@¤$%=~~,
,,,,,,~=%¤ ¤%=~,,,,,,
,,,,~=$$¤¤ ¤¤$$=~,,,,
,~~=%$¤@## ##@¤$%=~~,
,~~=%$¤@## ##@¤$%=~~,
,~~=%$$¤¤@ $ dream palace $ @¤¤$$%=~~,
,~~=%$¤### ~ ----- ------ ~ ###¤$%=~~,
,,,,,~=$@@ $ ..... ...... $ @@$=~,,,,,
,~~=%$¤@## = ..... ...... = ##@¤$%=~~,
,~~=%$¤### ~ ..... ...... ~ ###¤$%=~~,
,~~=%$$¤¤¤ ~ ..... ...... ~ ¤¤¤$$%=~~,
,,,,~~=$¤¤ , ..... ...... , ¤¤$=~~,,,,
,,,,,~~%¤# #¤%~~,,,,,
,,,,~~=$¤¤ ¤¤$=~~,,,,
,~~=%$¤@## not actually a palace. a cottage in the ##@¤$%=~~,
,,,~~~%$$¤ woods (temperate climate, rains every ¤$$%~~~,,,
,~~=%$¤@## other day, springs and streams and ##@¤$%=~~,
,~~=%%$¤¤# mysterious iron and stone artifacts, #¤¤$%%=~~,
,~~=%$¤@@# birdland-ish eternal spring (late #@@¤$%=~~,
,,,,,~=%¤¤ 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. ¤%=~,,,,,,
,~~=%$¤@## ##@¤$%=~~,
,~~=%$¤@## ##@¤$%=~~,
,~~==%%$¤# #¤$%%==~~,
,~~=%$¤### ###¤$%=~~,
,,,~~==$¤# #¤$==~~,,,
,~~=%$¤@## ##@¤$%=~~,