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£*=~~~.... other  day,  springs   and  streams  and ....~~~=*£
@@#£$*†=~.   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   .~=†*$£#@@
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#@#£$*†=~. i wake  up every morning at six am. it's .~=†*$£#@#
###£$*†=~. dark, and  the  stars are  out,  but the .~=†*$£###
##@£$*†=~. sun is about to  rise. its  a  long day, .~=†*$£@##
@@#£$*†=~. before it  fades  to  night  again,  and .~=†*$£#@@
@@#£$*†=~. then  it  stays so until  i fall asleep. .~=†*$£#@@
#@#£$*†=~. it  doesn't  rise  unless  i've  had  my .~=†*$£#@#
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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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#@#£$*†=~. dog  (who  is   ridicolously  large  and .~=†*$£#@#
#@#£$*†=~. wants to be the  big spoon). i listen to .~=†*$£#@#
£**====... 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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