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,,,,~~:£§§ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY §§£:~~,,,,
,,,,,~:£@# OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #@£:~,,,,,
,:~:§£§@## MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ##@§£§:~:,
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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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,,:~~§§§§§ 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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,,,,,,~§§@ 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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