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##@$%†-:.. WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ..:-†%$@##
###@$%†-:. OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND .:-†%$@###
##@$%†-:.. MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ..:-†%$@##
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##@$%†-:.. I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ..:-†%$@##
###@$%†-:. DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE .:-†%$@###
##@$%†-:.. SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ..:-†%$@##
###@$%†-:. BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND .:-†%$@###
##@$%†-:.. THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ..:-†%$@##
###@$%†-:. IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY .:-†%$@###
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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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##@$%†-:.. I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ..:-†%$@##
###@$%†-:. DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND .:-†%$@###
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###@$%†-:. THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT .:-†%$@###
##@$%†-:.. MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ..:-†%$@##
###@$%†-:. SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL .:-†%$@###
##@$%†-:.. OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ..:-†%$@##
###@$%†-:. AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I .:-†%$@###
##@$%†-:.. CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ..:-†%$@##
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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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