§¨§¨§¨§§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§§§§§§¨¨§¨                                          §§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§§                                          ¨§§¨§¨§§¨§
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§§§¨§§§
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§§¨¨§
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨§             ¤ 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. §¨§¨§§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
§§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨§¨¨§§§§§¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨§                                          §§¨§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨§¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨