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¨.~*$¤¤### WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ###¤¤$*~.¨
¨¨.~*$¤¤## OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ##¤¤$*~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~*$¤¤# MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, #¤¤$*~.¨¨¨
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¨¨.~*$¤¤## DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ##¤¤$*~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~*$¤¤# SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, #¤¤$*~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~*$¤¤ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¤¤$*~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~*$¤ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¤$*~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~*$¤¤ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¤¤$*~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~*$¤¤# DREAMS. #¤¤$*~.¨¨¨
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¨¨¨.~*$¤¤# IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO #¤¤$*~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~*$¤¤ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¤¤$*~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~*$¤ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¤$*~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~*$¤¤ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¤¤$*~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~*$¤¤# DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH #¤¤$*~.¨¨¨
¨¨.~*$¤¤## DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ##¤¤$*~.¨¨
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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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¨.~*$¤¤### WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ###¤¤$*~.¨
¨¨.~*$¤¤## THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ##¤¤$*~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~*$¤¤# IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A #¤¤$*~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~*$¤¤ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¤¤$*~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~*$¤ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¤$*~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~*$¤¤ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¤¤$*~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~*$¤¤# ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. #¤¤$*~.¨¨¨
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