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@§===^¨¨¨¨ other day, springs and streams and ¨¨¨¨^===§@
#@@§§==«^¨ mysterious iron and stone artifacts, ¨^«==§§@@#
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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 ¨^«==§§§§@
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#@@§§==«^¨ in this cottage there's a lot of radio ¨^«==§§@@#
@§§§=^¨¨¨¨ equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape ¨¨¨¨^=§§§@
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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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#@@§§==«^¨ 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. ¨¨^^««=§§@
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