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#@@@@$/«^, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,^«/$@@@@#
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#@@¤@$/«^, MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ,^«/$@¤@@#
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##@¤@$/«^, I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ,^«/$@¤@##
@¤$/«^,,,, DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ,,,,^«/$¤@
#¤¤$/«,,,, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,,,,«/$¤¤#
@@@$/^,,,, BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ,,,,^/$@@@
###¤@$/«^, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ,^«/$@¤###
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##@¤@$/«^, EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,^«/$@¤@##
#@@$«««,,, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,,«««$@@#
@@@$$/^,,, MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ,,,^/$$@@@
#@¤$$$/«^, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,^«/$$$¤@#
##@¤@$/«^, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,^«/$@¤@##
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##@¤@$/«^, I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ,^«/$@¤@##
#@¤$///«^, DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ,^«///$¤@#
##@¤@$/«^, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,^«/$@¤@##
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##@¤@$/«^, MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ,^«/$@¤@##
#@@¤@$/«^, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,^«/$@¤@@#
###@¤$/«^, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,^«/$¤@###
@¤$$$$/«^, AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ,^«/$$$$¤@
@¤$«,,,,,, CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ,,,,,,«$¤@
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¤@/«««^,,, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,,,^«««/@¤
##@¤@$/«^, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,^«/$@¤@##
¤@@$/««^,, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,,^««/$@@¤
@¤@$«^,,,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,,,^«$@¤@
¤$/^,,,,,, COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ,,,,,,^/$¤
###@¤@/«^, PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ,^«/@¤@###
#@¤$///«^, HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ,^«///$¤@#
##@¤@$/«^, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,^«/$@¤@##
##@¤@$/«^, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,^«/$@¤@##
#¤$«^^,,,, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,,,,^^«$¤#
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##@¤@$/«^, WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ,^«/$@¤@##
¤$«,,,,,,, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,,,,,,«$¤
¤@@$$/^^^, 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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