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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 .,~/^%§###
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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. .,~/^%§###
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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, ,~/^%§####
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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 .,~^%§####
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#%///~,,.. 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 .,~/^%§§§§
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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. .....~~^%#
###§%^/~,. THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. .,~/^%§###
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