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¨,=\*%§£##   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ##£§%*\=,¨
¨,=\*%§£## OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND   STREAMS  AND ##£§%*\=,¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨,\*§£ 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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¨,=\*%%§£# 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   ##£§%*\=,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,,=*§   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 §%%%**\=,¨
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¨,=\*%§£## - 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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