..~:*£&### ###&£*:~.. ..~:*£&¶## ##¶&£*:~.. ....:::*£& &£*:::.... ..~:*£&&¶¶ ¶¶&&£*:~.. ..~:*£&¶## ##¶&£*:~.. ..~:*£&¶## £ 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. &£::~..... ..~:*£&¶## ##¶&£*:~.. ..~:*£¶### ###¶£*:~.. ..~:*£&¶## ##¶&£*:~.. .....~*£&& &&£*~..... ...~~:*&¶¶ ¶¶&*:~~... ......:££& &££:......