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##$%†~:... WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ...:~†%$##
#$%†~:.... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ....:~†%$#
$%†~:..... MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, .....:~†%$
%†~:...... BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ......:~†%
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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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@##$%†~:.. EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ..:~†%$##@
#@##$%†~:. PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, .:~†%$##@#
@##$%†~:.. MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ..:~†%$##@
##$%†~:... DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ...:~†%$##
#$%†~:.... DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ....:~†%$#
$%†~:..... SLIGHTLY WEIRD. .....:~†%$
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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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@##$%†~:.. METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ..:~†%$##@
#@##$%†~:. "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE .:~†%$##@#
@##$%†~:.. WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ..:~†%$##@
##$%†~:... RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ...:~†%$##
#$%†~:.... COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ....:~†%$#
$%†~:..... PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS .....:~†%$
%†~:...... 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 .......:~†
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#$%†~:.... - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ....:~†%$#
##$%†~:... ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ...:~†%$##
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