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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, ####§*†~:.
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.:~†*§#### THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ####§*†~:.
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.:~†*§#### MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ####§*†~:.
.:~††††§## DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ##§††††~:.
.:~†*§#### DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ####§*†~:.
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.:~†**§§§# AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I #§§§**†~:.
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.....~**§# THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, #§**~.....
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.:~†*§#### FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ####§*†~:.
.:~†*§#### - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ####§*†~:.
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