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...----^## WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ##^----...
.,-:^$#£## OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ##£#$^:-,.
.......-^# 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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.,-:^$#£## AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ##£#$^:-,.
.,-:^$#£## WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ##£#$^:-,.
.,-:::::^# THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, #^:::::-,.
.,-:^$#££# IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A #££#$^:-,.
.,,--^$$££ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ££$$^--,,.
..,,--^^## 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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