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##¶¤$%=~~¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨~~=%$¤¶##
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##¶¤$%=~~¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨~~=%$¤¶##
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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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#¤%~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##¶¤$%=~~¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨~~=%$¤¶##
##¶¤$%=~~¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨~~=%$¤¶##
#¤$%%%=~~¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨~~=%%%$¤#
##¶¤$%=~~¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨~~=%$¤¶##
##¶¤$%=~~¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨~~=%$¤¶##
¶$%~¨¨¨¨¨¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨¨¨¨¨¨~%$¶
¤$=~~¨¨¨¨¨ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨¨¨¨¨~~=$¤
##¶¤$%=~~¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨~~=%$¤¶##
¶¶¶¤$%=~~¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨~~=%$¤¶¶¶
¤$%===~¨¨¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨¨¨~===%$¤
##¶¤$%=~~¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨~~=%$¤¶##
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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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