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¨¨:--††¤¤£ Other  Day,  Springs  And   Streams  And £¤¤††--:¨¨
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¨:-=†¤¤£## 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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¨¨¨¨¨:=†¤£ 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 £¤¤††-¨¨¨¨
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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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¨:-=†¤¤£## 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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