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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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