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¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨             $ 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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§