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¶¤§«¨¨¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨¨¨«§¤¶
¤%†-¨¨¨¨¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨-†%¤
##¶¤%§†«-¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨-«†§%¤¶##
#¤¤§†«¨¨¨¨ BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ¨¨¨¨«†§¤¤#
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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 ¨---«§§¤¤¤
###¤%§†«-¨ DREAMS. ¨-«†§%¤###
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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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