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#@&£§^~,.. woods (temperate climate, rains every ..,~^§£&@#
##@&£§^~,. other day, springs and streams and .,~^§£&@##
#@&£§^~,.. mysterious iron and stone artifacts, ..,~^§£&@#
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#@&£§^~,.. sun is about to rise. its a long day, ..,~^§£&@#
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&£§^~,.... 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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&£§^~,.... 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 ..,~^§£&@#
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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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