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##@£*%/~.. other day, springs and streams and ..~/%*£@##
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@***/..... 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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###@*%/~.. 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 ..~/%*£@##
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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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##@£*%/~.. 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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