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¨¨^-††££##  woods (temperate climate, rains every   ##££††-^¨¨
¨^-††££### other   day,  springs  and  streams  and ###££††-^¨
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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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¨^-††££###   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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¨^-††££### 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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