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#@#¤@$:-,. MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, .,-:$@¤#@#
#@#¤@$:-,. BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE .,-:$@¤#@#
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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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#@#¤@$:-,. IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO .,-:$@¤#@#
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¤@$-...... PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ......-$@¤
#@#¤@$:-,. MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO .,-:$@¤#@#
¤@:--..... DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH .....--:@¤
@#¤¤@$:-,. DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, .,-:$@¤¤#@
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#@#¤@$:-,. DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND .,-:$@¤#@#
@¤$::::-,. WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO .,-::::$¤@
¤@::-..... 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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#@#¤@$:-,. "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE .,-:$@¤#@#
#@#¤@$:-,. WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY .,-:$@¤#@#
#@#¤@$:-,. RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS .,-:$@¤#@#
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#¤$:-..... FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY .....-:$¤#
#@#¤@$:-,. RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S .,-:$@¤#@#
¤¤$$:::-,. ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY .,-:::$$¤¤
¤¤¤¤@$:-,. FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. .,-:$@¤¤¤¤
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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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