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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. ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨ ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨ ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨