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