¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §§¨¨§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨             & 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. ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨