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#@§£=^~,¨¨ woods (temperate climate, rains every ¨¨,~^=£§@#
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#@§£=^~,¨¨ mysterious iron and stone artifacts, ¨¨,~^=£§@#
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~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨,~^=£§@#
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§£=^~,¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^=
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#@§£=^~,¨¨ i have friends - there's a cat, and a ¨¨,~^=£§@#
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#@§£=^~,¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
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§£=^~,¨¨¨¨ most importantly, there's a two square ¨¨¨¨,~^=£§
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#@§£=^~,¨¨ "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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^
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@§£=^~,¨¨¨ 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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