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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 &&*===^^,,
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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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