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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 #@£§%§^=..
..=^§%§££@ 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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