¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*^ ^*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=* *=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,= =,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ § 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. ^*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=*^§ §^*=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=*^§§ §§^*=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=*^§§# #§§^*=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=*^§§## ##§§^*=,¨¨
¨,=*^§§### ###§§^*=,¨
¨¨,=*^§§## ##§§^*=,¨¨