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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 ..........
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#@&£\«^... EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ...^«\£&@#
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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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.......... 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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