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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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,-~:*$££## ##££$*:~-,
,-~:*$$££@ ~ @££$$*:~-,
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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 ££*:---,,,
,-~:*$££@@ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH @@££$*:~-,
,-~:*$££@@ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS @@££$*:~-,
,-~:*$£@## HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ##@£$*:~-,
,-~:*$££## FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ##££$*:~-,
,-~:*$££@# RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S #@££$*:~-,
,-:*$££@## ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ##@££$*:-,
,-~:*$£££@ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. @£££$*:~-,
,-~:**$£££ £££$**:~-,
,-~:*$££## , ##££$*:~-,
,,,,,-~~*£ £*~~-,,,,,
,,,,,~~:$£ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS £$:~~,,,,,
,-~:*$££@@ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND @@££$*:~-,
,,,-~:$£££ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, £££$:~-,,,
,,,,-~::$£ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A £$::~-,,,,
,-~:*$££@@ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO @@££$*:~-,
,-~:*$£@## FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ##@£$*:~-,
,,,,-:::*£ - 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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