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#..#.....# other day, springs and streams and .....###..
.#..#....# mysterious iron and stone artifacts, .....#.##.
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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. ...#....#.
.......### 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, #......#.#
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...###...# i have friends - there's a cat, and a ...###....
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.....###.. 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 #....#.##.
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.#.##..... 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. ...#.##..#
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