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@¤¤¤$%^~,¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨,~^%$¤¤¤@
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##@£¤%^~,¨ 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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#@£¤$%^~,¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨,~^%$¤£@#
¤%^,¨¨¨¨¨¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨¨¨¨¨¨,^%¤
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##@£$%^~,¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨,~^%$£@##
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£££¤$%^~,¨ I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ¨,~^%$¤£££
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#@£¤$%^~,¨ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ¨,~^%$¤£@#
@£¤$$%^~,¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨,~^%$$¤£@
#@£¤$%^~,¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨,~^%$¤£@#
#@£¤$%^~,¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨,~^%$¤£@#
£££¤$%^~,¨ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨,~^%$¤£££
#@£¤$%^~,¨ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¨,~^%$¤£@#
#@£¤$%^~,¨ CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ¨,~^%$¤£@#
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@££¤$%^~,¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨,~^%$¤££@
££$$^~¨¨¨¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨¨¨¨~^$$££
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£$$^^^~¨¨¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨¨¨~^^^$$£
#@£¤$%^~,¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨,~^%$¤£@#
##@£¤$^~,¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨,~^$¤£@##
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@££¤$%^~,¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨,~^%$¤££@
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¤$$%~,¨¨¨¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨¨¨¨,~%$$¤
#@£¤$%^~,¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨,~^%$¤£@#
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#@£¤$%^~,¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨,~^%$¤£@#
##@£$%^~,¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨,~^%$£@##
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#@£¤$%^~,¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨,~^%$¤£@#
#@£¤$%^~,¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨,~^%$¤£@#
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