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^:-~,,,,,, dark, and the stars are out, but the ,,,,,,~-:^
:-~,,,,,,, sun is about to rise. its a long day, ,,,,,,,~-:
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~,,,,,,,,, then it stays so until i fall asleep. ,,,,,,,,,~
-~,,,,,,,, it doesn't rise unless i've had my ,,,,,,,,~-
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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, ,,,~-:^££#
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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 ,,,,~-:^££
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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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