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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 @£††====~,
,~==†@££££ SPRING)) ££££@†==~,
,~==†@£@@@ @@@£@†==~,
,~==†@£@@# = #@@£@†==~,
,~==†@£@@@ @@@£@†==~,
,~==†@£@@@ 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. @@@==~,,,,
,~==†@£@@@ @@@£@†==~,
,~==†@£@@@ † @@@£@†==~,
,~==†@@@@£ £@@@@†==~,
,~==†@£@@# 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. #@@£@†==~,
,~==†@£@## ##@£@†==~,
,~==†@£@@# @ #@@£@†==~,
,~==†@£@## ##@£@†==~,
,~==†@@@@@ 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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