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&†~::..... WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY .....::~†&
#&†=~::... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ...::~=†&#
##%%=:.... MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ....:=%%##
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#&†~::.... SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ....::~†&#
#&†=~..... BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND .....~=†&#
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###&%†=~:. 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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###&%†=~:. AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I .:~=†%&###
###&%†=~:. CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. .:~=†%&###
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###&%†=~:. "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE .:~=†%&###
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###&%†=~:. 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 .:~=†%&###
###&%†=~:. - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE .:~=†%&###
###&%†=~:. ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. .:~=†%&###
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