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#¤%%†=.... WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ....=†%%¤#
¤%%†=..... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND .....=†%%¤
%%†=...... MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ......=†%%
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#¤%%†=.... 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 .=†%%¤#@##
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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 ..=†%%¤#@#
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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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%%†=...... MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ......=†%%
¤%%†=..... METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN .....=†%%¤
#¤%%†=.... "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ....=†%%¤#
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#@#¤%%†=.. RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ..=†%%¤#@#
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#@#¤%%†=.. 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 ....=†%%¤#
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#@#¤%%†=.. FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ..=†%%¤#@#
##@#¤%%†=. - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE .=†%%¤#@##
#@#¤%%†=.. ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ..=†%%¤#@#
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