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#¨¨¨¨¨#¨## MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨¨#¨#¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ¨¨#¨#####¨
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#¨¨#¨#¨### RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨#¨#¨##¨¨#
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¨¨¨¨#¨¨¨## HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨¨#¨¨¨#¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨#¨#¨## RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨# FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ####¨¨¨¨¨¨
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#¨#¨¨¨¨¨## THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨¨#¨##¨¨##
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##¨#¨####¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨####¨¨#¨¨
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