¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
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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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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨