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