§¨§§¨§¨§§§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§§§¨
§§§¨§§§§¨¨                                          ¨§§§§¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§§§¨§
§¨¨§¨§¨¨§§                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨§¨§§§§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨§§§¨¨¨§§§             & 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. ¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨§§§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨§§§§§
§¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨                                          §§§¨§§¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§§§§                                          §¨¨§¨§§§¨¨
§§§§§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§§¨¨§¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §§§§¨¨§¨§§