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