¨§§¨§§¨§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨§
¨§§¨§§¨§§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨§§¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§§¨§§¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨§§¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨             $ 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. ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨