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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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#$***^-¨¨¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨¨¨-^***$#
@#*~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~*#@
##@#$*^~-¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨-~^*$#@##
###@$*^~-¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨-~^*$@###
#$^~-¨¨¨¨¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨¨¨¨¨-~^$#
##@#$*^~-¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨-~^*$#@##
#*^~~--¨¨¨ 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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