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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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££*%/«:¨¨¨ 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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