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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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..^-^*£### 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 ##£*^-^...
....^-^*£#      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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