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&$$~^^^¨¨¨   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ¨¨¨^^^~$$&
&$$†^¨¨¨¨¨ OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS   AND ¨¨¨¨¨^†$$&
&$$††††~^¨   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ¨^~††††$$&
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&$~~^^¨¨¨¨ DARK,  AND THE  STARS ARE  OUT,  BUT THE ¨¨¨¨^^~~$&
#@£&$$†~^¨ SUN  IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS  A LONG  DAY, ¨^~†$$&£@#
@&&$$††~^¨ BEFORE  IT FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND ¨^~††$$&&@
£&$†^¨¨¨¨¨ THEN  IT STAYS  SO UNTIL  I FALL ASLEEP. ¨¨¨¨¨^†$&£
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&&$†~^¨¨¨¨                 DREAMS.                  ¨¨¨¨^~†$&&
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&$$~^^¨¨¨¨ IN  THIS  COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ¨¨¨¨^^~$$&
##@&$$†~^¨   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   ¨^~†$$&@##
@&$~~¨¨¨¨¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND  PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨¨¨¨¨~~$&@
@&$†~¨¨¨¨¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS  THINGS  TO ¨¨¨¨¨~†$&@
#@£&$$†~^¨ DO ART WITH. THE  FRIDGE  IS FILLED WITH ¨^~†$$&£@#
#@£&$$†~^¨ DIFFERET FOODS,  ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨^~†$$&£@#
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&$$†~~^¨¨¨ DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY  LARGE   AND ¨¨¨^~~†$$&
&$$$$††~^¨ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON).  I LISTEN TO ¨^~††$$$$&
&$††~~¨¨¨¨ THE  SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨¨¨¨~~††$&
@&$††~¨¨¨¨ MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND ¨¨¨¨~††$&@
@@£&$$†~^¨ 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.      ¨¨¨^~~$$&£
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#@£&$$†~^¨ 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. ¨^~†$$&£##
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#@£&$$†~^¨ 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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