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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. ¨¨¨¨¨.«*§#
###§§*^«.¨ 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. ¨.«^*§§§§§
###§§*^«.¨ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ¨.«^*§§###
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