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#@¶§£%/~.. in this cottage there's a lot of radio ..~/%£§¶@#
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¶¶££/~.... players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ....~/££¶¶
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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 .....~/%£§
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¶§§§£%/~.. and tell tales of the old world. i ..~/%£§§§¶
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§£/~~~.... 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 ....../%%§
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¶§£%~..... rested in my bed. sometimes there's .....~%£§¶
#@¶§£%/~.. accidents where i lose stuff by ..~/%£§¶@#
#@¶§£%/~.. forgetting to put them in the square. ..~/%£§¶@#
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#@¶§£%/~.. the cottage tries to communicate. here, ..~/%£§¶@#
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#@¶§£%/~.. large sprawling city, where my radio ..~/%£§¶@#
¶££//~~~.. friends live. we go exploring together ..~~~//££¶
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¶¶¶§£%/~.. me, they never remember during the day. ..~/%£§¶¶¶
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