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##@@$§;»-¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨-»;§$@@##
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##@@$§;»-¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨-»;§$@@##
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###@$§;»-¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨-»;§$@###
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##@@$§;»-¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨-»;§$@@##
##@@$§;»-¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨-»;§$@@##
##@@$§;»-¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨-»;§$@@##
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##@@$§;»-¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨-»;§$@@##
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#@@@$§;»-¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨-»;§$@@@#
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##@@$§;»-¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨-»;§$@@##
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##@@$§;»-¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨-»;§$@@##
##@@$§;»-¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨-»;§$@@##
###@$§;»-¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨-»;§$@###
##@@$§;»-¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨-»;§$@@##
##@@$§;»-¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨-»;§$@@##
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##@@$§;»-¨ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨-»;§$@@##
###@$§;»-¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨-»;§$@###
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##@@$§;»-¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨-»;§$@@##
###@@$§;-¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨-;§$@@###
##@@$§;»-¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨-»;§$@@##
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