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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 #.#.##.#.#
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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   #.#..#.#.#
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.#.#.#.#.# 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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