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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 ¨~»;†£§¶##
§§££;;»¨¨¨                  dreams.                 ¨¨¨»;;££§§
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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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