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¨,~=$¤#### WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ####¤$=~,¨
¨¨¨~~$¤¤## OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ##¤¤$~~¨¨¨
¨,~=$¤#### MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ####¤$=~,¨
¨,~=$¤#### BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ####¤$=~,¨
¨,~=$¤#### SPRING)) ####¤$=~,¨
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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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