,,,~~\§&¶¶ ¶¶&§\~~,,,
,,,,,,~†§& &§†~,,,,,,
,,~\†§&¶@# #@¶&§†\~,,
,,~\†§&¶@# #@¶&§†\~,,
,,~\†§&¶@# #@¶&§†\~,,
,~\†§&¶@## § 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. #@¶&§†\~,,
,,~\†§&¶@# #@¶&§†\~,,
,,~\†§&¶@@ @@¶&§†\~,,
,,~\†§&&¶¶ ¶¶&&§†\~,,
,,~\†§&@## ##@&§†\~,,
,,,,,,~††& &††~,,,,,,
,,~\†§&¶@# #@¶&§†\~,,