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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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=......... 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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#£%%^=.... 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 ....=^%%£#
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###£%%^=.. 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 .....=^%%£
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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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