##£§*$/»-¨ ¨-»/$*§£## §$$/-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-/$$§ £***/»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»/***£ #£*$$/»»-¨ ¨-»»/$$*£# ##£§*$/»-¨ ¨-»/$*§£## §§*/-¨¨¨¨¨ * 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, ¨¨¨-///*§§ §$/-¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨¨¨¨¨¨-/$§ £§**$/-¨¨¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨¨¨-/$**§£ ##£§*$/»-¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨-»/$*§£## ##£§*$/»-¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨-»/$*§£## ###£§*$»-¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨-»$*§£### §$»-¨¨¨¨¨¨ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨-»$§ #§$/»»---¨ ¨---»»/$§# ##£§*$/»-¨ ¨-»/$*§£## £§*/»¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨»/*§£ ###§*$/»-¨ ¨-»/$*§### #§*/»--¨¨¨ ¨¨¨--»/*§# ##£§*$/»-¨ ¨-»/$*§£##