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###§§=^»^. BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND .^»^=§§###
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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, .^»^=§§§##
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###§§=^»^. WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO .^»^=§§###
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§§^^^»»»^. 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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###§§=^»^. 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 ...^^^^=§#
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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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