¨¨¨§¨§§§§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨¨¨§§
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§§                                          §§§§§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§§§
§§¨§§¨§§§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨§§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨¨§§             @ 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. ¨§¨¨¨§§§¨§
¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨                                          §§¨¨§¨¨§§§
¨¨§§§§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          §§§¨§§§¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨§
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§§¨¨§§¨§§§                                          §§§§§§§¨§¨