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####$§†~~. other day, springs and streams and .~~†§$####
####$§†~~. mysterious iron and stone artifacts, .~~†§$####
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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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####$§†~~. in this cottage there's a lot of radio .~~†§$####
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####$§†~~. players. pen and paper, books, cameras, .~~†§$####
####$§†~~. mirrors, prisms, and various things to .~~†§$####
####$§†~~. do art with. the fridge is filled with .~~†§$####
####$§†~~. differet foods, all of them intriguing, .~~†§$####
####$§†~~. slightly weird. .~~†§$####
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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 ..~~†§§§##
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####$§†~~. patches removed, food uneaten, wounds .~~†§$####
####$§†~~. healed, and wherever and whenever i'd .~~†§$####
####$§†~~. fall asleep i'd always wake up fully .~~†§$####
####$§†~~. rested in my bed. sometimes there's .~~†§$####
####$§†~~. accidents where i lose stuff by .~~†§$####
###§§§†~~. forgetting to put them in the square. .~~†§§§###
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#$†~...... where the spirits of the forest around ......~†$#
####$§†~~. the cottage tries to communicate. here, .~~†§$####
####$§†~~. it's not endless but connected to a .~~†§$####
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#$§~...... friends live. we go exploring together ......~§$#
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####$§†~~. me, they never remember during the day. .~~†§$####
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