,,,.:::§&@ @&§:::.,,,
,.-::§$$@# #@$$§::-.,
,.-:§§§$$& &$$§§§:-.,
,.-:§$&@## ##@&$§:-.,
,,,,.::$&& &&$::.,,,,
,.-:§$&@## $ 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. &§§§-,,,,,
,.-:§$&@## ##@&$§:-.,
,.-:§$&@## ##@&$§:-.,
,.-:§$&@## ##@&$§:-.,
,.-:§$&@## ##@&$§:-.,
,.-:§$&@## ##@&$§:-.,
,,,,-§§§&@ @&§§§-,,,,