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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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@#¤$†»^¨¨¨ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ¨¨¨^»†$¤#@
#@#¤$†»^¨¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨¨^»†$¤#@#
##@#¤$†»^¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨^»†$¤#@##
#@#¤$†»^¨¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨¨^»†$¤#@#
@#¤$†»^¨¨¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨¨¨^»†$¤#@
#¤$†»^¨¨¨¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨¨¨¨^»†$¤#
@#¤$†»^¨¨¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨¨¨^»†$¤#@
#@#¤$†»^¨¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨¨^»†$¤#@#
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