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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 ##%~......
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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 #£†~~~~~~.
.~~†%£#£## 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 £#£%~~~~..
.~~†%£#### - 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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