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#,##,#,#,#  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   #,#,#,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS   AND #,#,#,#,#,
#,##,#,#,#   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   #,#,#,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#    BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE     #,#,#,#,#,
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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 #,#,#,#,#,
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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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