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@§$$††=~~¨   woods (temperate climate, rains every  ¨~~=††$$§@
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##@§$†=~~¨   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   ¨~~=†$§@##
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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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@£$$$†=~~¨   equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape   ¨~~=†$$$£@
#@£§$†=~~¨ players. pen  and paper, books, cameras, ¨~~=†$§£@#
##£§$†=~~¨ mirrors,  prisms, and various things  to ¨~~=†$§£##
#@£§$†=~~¨ do art with. the  fridge is  filled with ¨~~=†$§£@#
#@£§$†=~~¨ differet foods, all of them  intriguing, ¨~~=†$§£@#
#@£§$†=~~¨             slightly weird.              ¨~~=†$§£@#
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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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@££§$†=~~¨ where  the spirits of  the forest around ¨~~=†$§££@
@§††~~~~~¨ 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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