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###&§$:~.¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨.~:$§##
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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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###&§$:~.¨ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ¨.~:$§##
#§§$~..¨¨¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨¨¨..~$§§#
###&§$:~.¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨.~:$§##
&$~..¨¨¨¨¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨¨¨¨¨..~$&
###&§$:~.¨ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨.~:$§##
####§$:~.¨ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¨.~:$§####
###&§$:~.¨ CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ¨.~:$§##
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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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&$$~.¨¨¨¨¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨¨¨¨¨.~$$&
#&§$:..¨¨¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨¨¨..:$§
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&§§:.¨¨¨¨¨ 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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