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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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