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##@$§=~,¨¨ woods (temperate climate, rains every ¨¨,~=§$@##
#@$§=~,¨¨¨ other day, springs and streams and ¨¨¨,~=§$@#
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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##@$§=~,¨¨ most importantly, there's a two square ¨¨,~=§$@##
#@$§=~,¨¨¨ meter area on the floor where i can ¨¨¨,~=§$@#
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$§=~,¨¨¨¨¨ will not be affected by the nightly ¨¨¨¨¨,~=§$
§=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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