¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨             % dream palace %             §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
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¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§             ~ ..... ...... ~             ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ 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. ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨§§§