¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¤ ¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤ ¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¤ ¨¤¨¤¤¤¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤ ¨¤¨¨¤¤¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¤ @ 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. ¨¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¤ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤ ¨¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¤ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤ ¨¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¤ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¨ ¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤ ¨¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¨