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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
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#@#£@%;«:¨ 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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#£@%;«:¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨:«;%@£#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«
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£@%;«:¨¨¨¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨¨¨¨:«;%@£
#£@%;«:¨¨¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨¨¨:«;%@£#
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#@#£@%;«:¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨:«;%@£#@#
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«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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