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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, ##§£$†=,..
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..,=†$£§## 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 $†=,......
.......,=† large  sprawling  city,  where my  radio †=,.......
........,= friends live.  we go  exploring together =,........
.......,=† - things  are deep and dark - but unlike †=,.......
......,=†$ me, they never remember during  the day. $†=,......
.....,=†$£ this is  a  mystery  we  often  discuss. £$†=,.....
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