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#@#£@^^~^, woods (temperate climate, rains every ,^~^^@£#@#
#@#£@^^~^, other day, springs and streams and ,^~^^@£#@#
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###£@^^~^, sun is about to rise. its a long day, ,^~^^@£###
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#@#£@^^~^, then it stays so until i fall asleep. ,^~^^@£#@#
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#@#£@^^~^, 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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#££^~^,,,, 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 ,^~^^@£#@#
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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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£^~~^,,,,, 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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