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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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¨¨¨,††£££# 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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