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##@¤£%/»,¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨,»/%£¤@##
##@¤£%/»,¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨,»/%£¤@##
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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, ¨,»/%£¤@##
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¤¤%//»¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨»%%¤
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#¤£%/»,,¨¨ 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 ¨,»/%£¤@##
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##@¤£%/»,¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨,»/%£¤@##
##@¤£%/»,¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨,»/%£¤@##
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