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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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###&¤$*=^¨ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ¨^=*$¤##
##&¤$*=^¨¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨¨^=*$¤#
#&¤$*=^¨¨¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨¨¨^=*$¤
##&¤$*=^¨¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨¨^=*$¤#
###&¤$*=^¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨^=*$¤##
##&¤$*=^¨¨ DREAMS. ¨¨^=*$¤#
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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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