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##@@%%=«:¨ 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, ¨:«=%%@@##
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##@@%%=«:¨ 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 ¨¨¨:«=%@@#
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@%«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ "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 ¨:«=%%@@##
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@%%%««¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨:«=%%%@@#
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@@@@%%=«:¨ 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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##@@%%=«:¨ me, they never remember during the day. ¨:«=%%@@##
##@@%%=«:¨ this is a mystery we often discuss. ¨:«=%%@@##
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