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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. & dream palace & .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 $^«.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^ spring)) ^«.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. « .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. i wake up every morning at six am. it's .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.« dark, and the stars are out, but the «.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^ sun is about to rise. its a long day, ^«.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^$ 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 $^«.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^ do art with. the fridge is filled with ^«.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.« differet foods, all of them intriguing, «.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. slightly weird. .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. # .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.« «.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^ i have friends - there's a cat, and a ^«.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^$ 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 @#&$^«.¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨.«^$&# 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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