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&.&&.&..&. woods (temperate climate, rains every .&&&.&&..&
&&.&&&.&&. other day, springs and streams and &..&&.&.&.
.&&..&&.&. mysterious iron and stone artifacts, &.&.&&&&&&
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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 &&&&....&&
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&&&&.&..&. in this cottage there's a lot of radio ......&&&.
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..&..&&.&& 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 .&...&..&&
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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 ..&&&.&&&&
.&.....&&& 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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