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¨¨¨¨¨:*§£¶  woods (temperate climate, rains every   ¶£§*:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«$§££ other  day,   springs  and  streams  and ££§$«:¨¨¨¨
¨:«*$§£¶¶¶   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   ¶¶¶£§$*«:¨
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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. ££§*«:¨¨¨¨
:«*$§£¶### it  doesn't  rise  unless  i've  had  my ###¶£§$*«:
¨:«*$§£¶##                 dreams.                  ##¶£§$*«:¨
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¨:«*$§£¶##   equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape   ##¶£§$*«:¨
¨:«*$§§£££ players. pen and paper, books,  cameras, £££§§$*«:¨
¨:«*$§£¶## mirrors,  prisms, and  various things to ##¶£§$*«:¨
¨¨::::«$£# do art with. the  fridge  is filled with #£$«::::¨¨
¨¨:«**§§£¶ 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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