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....~==%%§ 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, §%%==~....
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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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