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##@#$†^=.¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨.=^†$#@##
#$†=.¨¨¨¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨¨¨¨.=†$#
##@#$†^=.¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨.=^†$#@##
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##@#$†^=.¨ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ¨.=^†$#@##
@#$$$†^=.¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨.=^†$$$#@
@#†^^==..¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨..==^^†#@
##@#$†^=.¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨.=^†$#@##
##@#$†^=.¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨.=^†$#@##
##$$††^=.¨ DREAMS. ¨.=^††$$##
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##@#$†^=.¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨.=^†$#@##
#$^.¨¨¨¨¨¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨¨¨¨¨¨.^$#
##@#$†^=.¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨.=^†$#@##
##@#$†^=.¨ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ¨.=^†$#@##
###$^.¨¨¨¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨¨¨¨.^$###
##@#$†^=.¨ SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ¨.=^†$#@##
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##†^.¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨.=^†###
#$^.¨¨¨¨¨¨ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨¨¨¨¨¨.^$#
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##@#$†^=.¨ CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ¨.=^†$#@##
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##@#$†^=.¨ MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ¨.=^†$#@##
##@#$†^=.¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨.=^†$#@##
@$†^^^^=.¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨.=^^^^†$@
##@#$†^=.¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨.=^†$#@##
###@$†^=.¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨.=^†$@###
#@$^==.¨¨¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨¨¨.==^$@#
#@##$†^=.¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨.=^†$##@#
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@$†=¨¨¨¨¨¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨¨¨¨¨¨=†$@
##$^^=..¨¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨¨..=^^$##
####$†^=.¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨.=^†$####
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##@#$†^=.¨ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ¨.=^†$#@##
##@#$†^=.¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨.=^†$#@##
##@#$†^=.¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨.=^†$#@##
##@#$†^=.¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨.=^†$#@##
##@#$†^=.¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨.=^†$#@##
#$^...¨¨¨¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨¨¨¨...^$#
##$^^.¨¨¨¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨¨¨¨.^^$##
##@#$†^=.¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨.=^†$#@##
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