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.:~*†$£@@@  woods (temperate climate, rains every   @@@£$†*~:.
.:~*†$£@@# other  day,  springs  and   streams  and #@@£$†*~:.
.:~†$£@@##   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   ##@@£$†~:.
..:::*†£@@     birdland-ish eternal spring (late    @@£†*:::..
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.:~*†$£££@ i wake up every morning at  six am. it's @£££$†*~:.
..:::*†£@@ dark,  and the stars are  out,  but  the @@£†*:::..
...~~*†$@@ sun is  about to rise.  its  a long day, @@$†*~~...
.:~*†$£££@ before  it fades  to  night  again,  and @£££$†*~:.
.:~*†$£@## then it  stays so  until i fall  asleep. ##@£$†*~:.
.:~*†$£@@# it  doesn't  rise  unless  i've  had  my #@@£$†*~:.
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..:~~~†£££ in  this  cottage there's a lot of radio £££†~~~:..
.:~*†$£@@#   equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape   #@@£$†*~:.
.:~*†$££££ players. pen and paper, books,  cameras, ££££$†*~:.
...:**†$@@ mirrors,  prisms, and  various things to @@$†**:...
.:~*†$£@@@ do art  with. the fridge is filled  with @@@£$†*~:.
.....~*$@@ differet  foods, all of them intriguing, @@$*~.....
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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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.:~*†$££@@ most importantly, there's  a  two square @@££$†*~:.
.....:~†£@ 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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.:~*†$£@## at  night,  i  have  demi-lucid   dreams ##@£$†*~:.
.....~*$$£ where the spirits  of  the forest around £$$*~.....
.....:~*†£ 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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.:~*†$£@@# me, they  never remember during the day. #@@£$†*~:.
.:~*†$££@@ this  is  a  mystery  we often  discuss. @@££$†*~:.
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