¨§§¨¨¨§¨§¨                                          §¨¨§§¨§§¨§
§¨§¨¨§§§§§                                          §¨§¨§§¨§§§
§§§¨§¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨§¨§§§¨§§
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¨§§¨§§§¨¨§             , ----- ------ ,             §¨¨§¨§¨§§¨
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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. ¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨§¨¨¨
§§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §§§¨§§§¨¨¨
¨§§§¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨§§
§¨§§§§§§¨§                                          §§§§§¨§§¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨§