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##£§$%\=^¨  woods (temperate climate, rains every   ¨^=\%$§£##
#£$\^¨¨¨¨¨ other  day,  springs   and  streams  and ¨¨¨¨¨^\$£#
##£§$%\=^¨   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   ¨^=\%$§£##
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#££§$%\=^¨ i wake  up every morning at six am. it's ¨^=\%$§££#
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##£§$%\=^¨ 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 ¨^=\%$§£##
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#£§§$%\=^¨   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, ¨^=\%%%§£#
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£§$\^^^¨¨¨ dog  (who  is  ridicolously   large  and ¨¨¨^^^\$§£
§$$\=^¨¨¨¨ wants to be the big  spoon). i listen to ¨¨¨¨^=\$$§
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##£§$%\=^¨ myself,  songs  and  poetry,  and  found ¨^=\%$§£##
#££§$%\=^¨ sounds from  the forest. the others tell ¨^=\%$§££#
##£§$%\=^¨ of their lives, play the guitar  for me, ¨^=\%$§£##
##£§$%\=^¨ and  tell  tales  of  the old  world.  i ¨^=\%$§£##
###§$%\=^¨      consider them friends as well.      ¨^=\%$§###
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#£$\^^¨¨¨¨ most  importantly, there's a two  square ¨¨¨¨^^\$£#
##£§$%\=^¨ meter area  on  the  floor  where i  can ¨^=\%$§£##
£$%\^¨¨¨¨¨ "save"  things. whatever i put  in  here ¨¨¨¨¨^\%$£
#£$%\=¨¨¨¨ will  not  be  affected  by  the nightly ¨¨¨¨=\%$£#
##£§$%\=^¨   reset. everything else, however, is    ¨^=\%$§£##
#§§%\^¨¨¨¨     completely reset overnight: synth    ¨¨¨¨^\%§§#
##£§$%\=^¨   patches removed, food uneaten, wounds  ¨^=\%$§£##
##£§$%\=^¨ healed, and  wherever and  whenever  i'd ¨^=\%$§£##
##£§$%\=^¨ fall asleep  i'd  always wake  up  fully ¨^=\%$§£##
##£§$%\=^¨ rested  in  my  bed.  sometimes  there's ¨^=\%$§£##
##£§$%\=^¨ accidents   where   i  lose   stuff   by ¨^=\%$§£##
£££§$%\=^¨ forgetting to  put  them in the  square. ¨^=\%$§£££
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#§%%===^¨¨ at  night,   i  have  demi-lucid  dreams ¨¨^===%%§#
##£§$%\=^¨ where the spirits of  the  forest around ¨^=\%$§£##
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###£§$\=^¨ large  sprawling city,  where  my  radio ¨^=\$§£###
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##£§$%\=^¨ - things are deep  and dark - but unlike ¨^=\%$§£##
£§%\\==¨¨¨ me, they never remember during the  day. ¨¨¨==\\%§£
§$$%%=¨¨¨¨ this  is  a mystery  we  often  discuss. ¨¨¨¨=%%$$§
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