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¨¨¨¨¨--*§#  woods (temperate climate, rains every   #§*--¨¨¨¨¨
¨^-**£§### other  day,  springs  and  streams   and ###§£**-^¨
¨^----**§#   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   #§**----^¨
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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 ##£**-¨¨¨¨
¨^-**£§§§§                  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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