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¨^»;^$¤### woods (temperate climate, rains every ###¤$^;»^¨
¨^»;^$$$$¤ other day, springs and streams and ¤$$$$^;»^¨
¨¨^^^»^^$# mysterious iron and stone artifacts, #$^^»^^^¨¨
¨^»;^$¤### birdland-ish eternal spring (late ###¤$^;»^¨
¨^»;^$¤### spring)) ###¤$^;»^¨
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¨^»;^$¤### i wake up every morning at six am. it's ###¤$^;»^¨
¨^»;^$¤### dark, and the stars are out, but the ###¤$^;»^¨
¨¨¨^^;^^$¤ sun is about to rise. its a long day, ¤$^^;^^¨¨¨
¨^»;^$¤### before it fades to night again, and ###¤$^;»^¨
¨¨¨^»;^$¤# then it stays so until i fall asleep. #¤$^;»^¨¨¨
¨^»;^$¤### it doesn't rise unless i've had my ###¤$^;»^¨
¨¨¨¨^^»;$# dreams. #$;»^^¨¨¨¨
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¨^»;^$¤¤¤# in this cottage there's a lot of radio #¤¤¤$^;»^¨
¨^»;^$¤¤¤¤ equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape ¤¤¤¤$^;»^¨
¨^»;^$¤### players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ###¤$^;»^¨
¨^»;^$¤### mirrors, prisms, and various things to ###¤$^;»^¨
¨^»;^$¤### do art with. the fridge is filled with ###¤$^;»^¨
¨^»;^$¤### differet foods, all of them intriguing, ###¤$^;»^¨
¨¨¨¨^^;$¤¤ slightly weird. ¤¤$;^^¨¨¨¨
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¨^»;^$¤### i have friends - there's a cat, and a ###¤$^;»^¨
¨¨¨¨¨»»^$¤ dog (who is ridicolously large and ¤$^»»¨¨¨¨¨
¨^»;^$$$¤# 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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