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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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$†*~,¨¨¨¨¨ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ¨¨¨¨¨,~*†$
†*~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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