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,,,«=%£@## other  day,  springs  and   streams  and ##@£%=«,,,
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,,,,«=%£@# 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 £%=«,,,,,,
,,,,,«=%£@   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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,,,,,«=%£@ 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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