##@§£§:«.¨ ¨.«:§£§@##
#@§£§:«.¨¨ ¨¨.«:§£§@#
@§£§:«.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.«:§£§@
§£§:«.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.«:§£§
£§:«.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.«:§£
§£§:«.¨¨¨¨ £ 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. ¨¨¨.«:§£§@
#@§£§:«.¨¨ ¨¨.«:§£§@#
##@§£§:«.¨ ¨.«:§£§@##
#@§£§:«.¨¨ ¨¨.«:§£§@#
@§£§:«.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.«:§£§@
§£§:«.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.«:§£§
£§:«.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.«:§£