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...:««%§£# sun is about to rise.  its  a  long day, #£§%««:...
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.:«^%§&£## then  it stays so  until i  fall asleep. ##£&§%^«:.
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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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.:«^%§&£## dog  (who  is  ridicolously  large   and ##£&§%^«:.
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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 ###£&%^«:.
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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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.:«^%§&££# where the  spirits  of the forest around #££&§%^«:.
.:«^%§&£## the cottage  tries to communicate. here, ##£&§%^«:.
...::«^§££ it's  not  endless  but  connected to  a ££§^«::...
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.:«^%§&£## friends live. we  go exploring  together ##£&§%^«:.
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.:«^%§&£## me, they never remember during  the day. ##£&§%^«:.
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