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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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