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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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¨§§§¨§§¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨§¨§§¨§
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