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....^:=¤£# 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 ###£¤=:^..
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.....^:=¤£ in this cottage there's a lot of radio £¤=:^.....
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...^:=¤£## 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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..^:=¤£### 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 £¤=:^.....
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....^:=¤£# the cottage tries to communicate. here, #£¤=:^....
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....^:=¤£# large sprawling city, where my radio #£¤=:^....
...^:=¤£## friends live. we go exploring together ##£¤=:^...
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.^:=¤£#### me, they never remember during the day. ####£¤=:^.
..^:=¤£### this is a mystery we often discuss. ###£¤=:^..
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