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/:........ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ........:/
:......... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND .........:
.......... MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ..........
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##£§*$/:.. DREAMS. ..:/$*§£##
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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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*$/:...... I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ......:/$*
§*$/:..... DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND .....:/$*§
£§*$/:.... WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ....:/$*§£
#£§*$/:... THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ...:/$*§£#
##£§*$/:.. MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ..:/$*§£##
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##£§*$/:.. OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ..:/$*§£##
#£§*$/:... AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ...:/$*§£#
£§*$/:.... CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ....:/$*§£
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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 ........:/
$/:....... HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D .......:/$
*$/:...... FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ......:/$*
§*$/:..... RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S .....:/$*§
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§*$/:..... THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, .....:/$*§
*$/:...... IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ......:/$*
$/:....... LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO .......:/$
/:........ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ........:/
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.......... ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ..........
.......... THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ..........
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