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