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##@¤£*=«~¨ sun is about to rise. its a long day, ¨~«=*£¤@##
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##@¤£*=«~¨ then it stays so until i fall asleep. ¨~«=*£¤@##
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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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##@¤£*=«~¨ 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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##@¤£*=«~¨ "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. ¨«=*£¤@###
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