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.^-/=§£### sun is about to  rise. its a  long  day, ###£§=/-^.
...^^/=§§§ before  it fades  to  night  again,  and §§§=/^^...
...^/=£££# then  it  stays so until i fall  asleep. #£££=/^...
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....-=££§£ in this cottage  there's a lot  of radio £§££=-....
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.^-/=£§§§£ 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, ££§£/---^.
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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 ##£§£=/-^.
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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    £££///^...
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.^-/=£§£## 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 ###£§£=-^.
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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 ##£§£=/-^.
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.^-/===§££ me,  they never remember during the day. ££§===/-^.
.^-/=£§£## this  is  a  mystery  we often  discuss. ##£§£=/-^.
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