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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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