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.:~=†%£###   woods (temperate climate, rains every  ###£%†=~:.
...:~=†%££ 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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....:=†%##   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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.....:=†££ 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 ####£%†=:.
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.:~=†£#### accidents   where   i  lose   stuff   by ####£†=~:.
.....:=†£# forgetting to put them  in  the  square. #£†=:.....
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.:~=†%£### 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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