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###&@§†«.. 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 ..«†§@@@&#
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#&&&@§†«.. 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 ......†@&&
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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 ..«†§@&&##
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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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