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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. ¨¨¨¨-~^%%§
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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 ¨¨¨¨-~^%%§
%%^~-¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨-~^%%§
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#@§%%^~-¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨-~^%%§
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