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#@#¤$$†«:, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,:«†$$¤#@#
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#@#¤$$†«:, DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ,:«†$$¤#@#
#@#¤$$†«:, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,:«†$$¤#@#
#@#¤$$†«:, BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ,:«†$$¤#@#
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#@#¤$$†«:, EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,:«†$$¤#@#
###¤$$†«:, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,:«†$$¤###
#@#¤$$†«:, MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ,:«†$$¤#@#
#@#¤$$†«:, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,:«†$$¤#@#
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@¤$$$$†«:, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,:«†$$$$¤@
#@#¤$$†«:, MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ,:«†$$¤#@#
#@#¤$$†«:, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,:«†$$¤#@#
#¤$$$†«::, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,::«†$$$¤#
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¤$$††:,,,, 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 ,,,:††$$$#
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##$$††::,, 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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