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£¤§%\~,... 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 ......,~\%
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\~,....... before it fades to night again, and .......,~\
%\~,...... then it stays so until i fall asleep. ......,~\%
§%\~,..... it doesn't rise unless i've had my .....,~\%§
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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, .......,~\
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¤§%\~,.... i have friends - there's a cat, and a ....,~\%§¤
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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 ...,~\%§¤£
¤§%\~,.... 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 ..,~\%§¤£#
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