¨¨¨~=:†%&¶                                          ¶&%†:=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=:†%&¶#                                          #¶&%†:=~¨¨
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¨¨~=:†%&¶#                                          #¶&%†:=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=:†%&¶                                          ¶&%†:=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=:†%&             % DREAM PALACE %             &%†:=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=:†%&¶             ~ ----- ------ ~             ¶&%†:=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=:†%&¶#             % ..... ...... %             #¶&%†:=~¨¨
¨~=:†%&¶##             : ..... ...... :             ##¶&%†:=~¨
¨¨~=:†%&¶#             ~ ..... ...... ~             #¶&%†:=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=:†%&¶             ~ ..... ...... ~             ¶&%†:=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=:†%&             ¨ ..... ...... ¨             &%†:=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=:†%&¶                                          ¶&%†:=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=:†%&¶#                                          #¶&%†:=~¨¨
¨~=:†%&¶## 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. ¶&%†:=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=:†%&¶#                                          #¶&%†:=~¨¨
¨~=:†%&¶##                                          ##¶&%†:=~¨
¨¨~=:†%&¶#                                          #¶&%†:=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=:†%&¶                                          ¶&%†:=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=:†%&                                          &%†:=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=:†%&¶                                          ¶&%†:=~¨¨¨