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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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¨¨¨¨~~$$¤¤ i have friends - there's a cat, and a ¤¤$$~~¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨~$$§££ wants to be the big spoon). i listen to ££§$$~¨¨¨¨
¨~~*$§¤£££ the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit £££¤§$*~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~$$§¤ myself, songs and poetry, and found ¤§$$~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~***§£ 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 £¤§§*~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~$§§£ healed, and wherever and whenever i'd £§§$~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~*$§¤£## fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ##£¤§$*~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~*$¤# rested in my bed. sometimes there's #¤$*~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~*$§¤£ accidents where i lose stuff by £¤§$*~¨¨¨¨
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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 £¤¤§**~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~~~$¤ - things are deep and dark - but unlike ¤$~~~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~~*$$¤££ me, they never remember during the day. ££¤$$*~~~¨
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