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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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#@§***~^¨¨ 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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@§***~^¨¨¨ 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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