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§¨§¨¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§§¨§¨§             £ dream palace £             §§¨§§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§¨¨§¨§¨§ 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. ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
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