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#£&%%/~:¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨:~/%%&£#
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#£&%%/~:¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
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%/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
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%/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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