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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 ..^~=*%#£#
##£#%*=~^. dreams. .^~=*%#£##
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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, ....^~=*%#
£#%*=~^... 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 ....^~=*%#
£#%*=~^... 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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