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.,~†^$£@@# woods (temperate climate, rains every #@@£$^†~,.
.....~^^£@ other day, springs and streams and @£^^~.....
.....~†$£@ mysterious iron and stone artifacts, @£$†~.....
...,,~†$@@ birdland-ish eternal spring (late @@$†~,,...
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....~~†$£@ i wake up every morning at six am. it's @£$†~~....
...,~†$$£@ dark, and the stars are out, but the @£$$†~,...
.,~†^$£@@# sun is about to rise. its a long day, #@@£$^†~,.
....,~†^£@ 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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