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&*~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   woods (temperate climate, rains every  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~*&
##@&£*†~,¨ 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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@&&£††,¨¨¨ 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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