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,,,,^»^§§# 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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,^»=^£¶### 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, ¶£^»,,,,,,
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,^»=^£§¶## DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ##¶§£^=»^,
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,^»=^£§§§# 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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,^»=^^^£§# 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. ##¶§£^=»^,
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