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