§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          §§§¨§¨§¨§¨
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¨§§§§¨¨§§§                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨                                          §§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨§§§§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨
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§¨§§¨§§§§§                                          §§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨ not actually a palace. a cottage in  the ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
§§¨§¨§§§¨¨  woods (temperate climate, rains every   §¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨
§¨§§§§¨¨§¨ other  day,  springs  and   streams  and §§¨¨§§§§¨¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨§§   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨
§¨¨§¨¨§§§¨    birdland-ish eternal spring (late     ¨¨§§§§¨¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨¨§                 spring))                 §¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨§§§¨§§§¨§                                          §§§§¨¨§§§§
§§¨¨§§¨¨§§                     »                    ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨
§§§§§§§§§§ 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.                  §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨
§§¨§§§¨§¨¨                    *                     §¨§¨¨§§§§¨
§¨§§¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨§§§¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§ 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.      §¨¨§¨§¨§§¨
§§§¨§§¨§¨¨                                          §§¨§§§§§¨§
¨¨¨§§¨§§§¨                     @                    §¨§§¨¨¨¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨§                                          §§§¨§¨¨¨§¨
§§¨§§§¨§¨§ 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. ¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨§§§¨¨¨
¨§§§§§§¨¨§                     ¨                    ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§ 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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¨§¨§§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨
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§§¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨