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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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,-»:%§#### 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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