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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. §¨¨§§¨¨§¨§
§§§§§¨§§§§                                          §¨§¨§¨§§§§
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§                                          §§§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨§¨§§¨§                                          ¨¨§§§§¨¨¨¨