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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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....::$¤¤£ dog  (who  is  ridicolously  large   and £¤¤$::....
.:«:†$¤£## wants  to be the big spoon). i listen to ##£¤$†:«:.
.:«:†$¤££# the shortwave radio,  and transmit a bit #££¤$†:«:.
.:«:†$¤£## myself,  songs  and  poetry,  and  found ##£¤$†:«:.
.:«:†$¤### sounds from the  forest. the others tell ###¤$†:«:.
.....«†¤¤# 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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