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#§§§**/~,, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,,~/**§§§#
##£§**/~,, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,,~/**§£##
##£§**/~,, MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ,,~/**§£##
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##£§**/~,, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,,~/**§£##
#££§**/~,, BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ,,~/**§££#
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£££§**/~,, 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 ,,~/**§£##
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###£§*/~,, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,,~/*§£###
##£§**/~,, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,,~/**§£##
§§§§**/~,, AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ,,~/**§§§§
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##£§**/~,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,,~/**§£##
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§**/,,,,,, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,,,,,/**§
§**~,,,,,, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,,,,,,~**§
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