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########## 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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