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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 #@£§§*:«,.
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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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