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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨==*£ 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 ££££%**=^¨
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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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