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¨.~;%*¤£## WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ##£¤*%;~.¨
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¨.~;%*¤£## 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, ##£¤*%;~.¨
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¨¨¨~~~;*£# I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A #£*;~~~¨¨¨
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¨.~;%*¤££# THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT #££¤*%;~.¨
¨.~;%*¤### MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ###¤*%;~.¨
¨¨¨.~%**¤¤ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¤¤**%~.¨¨¨
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¨.~;%*¤£## 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 ##£¤*%;~.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨.;%¤ 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 ¤%~..¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.~;%*¤£## FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ##£¤*%;~.¨
¨¨¨~~%%*¤¤ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¤¤*%%~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~~;;*£ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. £*;;~~~¨¨¨
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