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###§$=*~:¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨:~*=$§###
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###§$=*~:¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨:~*=$§###
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###§$=*~:¨ I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ¨:~*=$§###
###§$=*~:¨ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ¨:~*=$§###
###§$=*~:¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨:~*=$§###
#§$=*:¨¨¨¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨¨¨¨:*=$§#
§$=~:¨¨¨¨¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨¨¨¨¨:~=$§
#§§§$=*~:¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨:~*=$§§§#
§$*~::::¨¨ DREAMS. ¨¨::::~*$§
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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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=§
###§$=*~:¨ SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ¨:~*=$§###
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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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###§$=*~:¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨:~*=$§###
§==~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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