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.:««††%¤@#  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   #@¤%††««:.
......:†%¤ OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS   AND  STREAMS  AND ¤%†:......
...:«$$$¤#   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   #¤$$$«:...
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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     ¤%†††††«:.
.:«†$%¤@##   PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS  ##@¤%$†«:.
.....:†$¤¤ HEALED,  AND  WHEREVER  AND WHENEVER I'D ¤¤$†:.....
.:«†$%¤@## FALL ASLEEP  I'D  ALWAYS WAKE  UP  FULLY ##@¤%$†«:.
.:«†$%¤@## RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ##@¤%$†«:.
.:«†$%¤@## ACCIDENTS   WHERE   I   LOSE  STUFF   BY ##@¤%$†«:.
.:«†$%¤@## FORGETTING TO  PUT  THEM  IN THE SQUARE. ##@¤%$†«:.
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.:«†$%¤### AT  NIGHT,  I  HAVE   DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS ###¤%$†«:.
.:«†$%¤@## WHERE  THE SPIRITS  OF THE FOREST AROUND ##@¤%$†«:.
.:«†$%¤@## THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE.  HERE, ##@¤%$†«:.
......:†%@ IT'S  NOT  ENDLESS  BUT  CONNECTED  TO A @%†:......
...:«††$$¤ LARGE  SPRAWLING  CITY,  WHERE  MY RADIO ¤$$††«:...
...:††%¤¤¤ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO  EXPLORING  TOGETHER ¤¤¤%††:...
.:«†$%%%¤@ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT  UNLIKE @¤%%%$†«:.
.:«†$%¤@## ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE  DAY. ##@¤%$†«:.
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