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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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