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