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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 ....^~\%%§
%%\~^..... 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 ..^~\%%§#@
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@#§%%\~^.. 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 ......^~\%
%%\~^..... 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. ....^~\%%§
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\~^....... 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 ......^~\%
%%\~^..... 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 ..^~\%%§#@
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@#§%%\~^.. me, they never remember during the day. ..^~\%%§#@
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