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.^~/$%£### OTHER   DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND ###£%$/~^.
.^~/$%£###   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ###£%$/~^.
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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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.^~/$%£### IN  THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A  LOT OF RADIO ###£%$/~^.
.^~/$%£###   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   ###£%$/~^.
.^~/$%£### PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER,  BOOKS, CAMERAS, ###£%$/~^.
.^~/$%#### MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS  THINGS  TO ####%$/~^.
.^~//$%%%# DO ART WITH.  THE FRIDGE  IS FILLED WITH #%%%$//~^.
......~$$£ DIFFERET FOODS,  ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, £$$~......
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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 £$$///^^..
......^/%£      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      £%/^......
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.^~/$%£### MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S  A TWO  SQUARE ###£%$/~^.
.....^^/%# METER AREA  ON THE  FLOOR  WHERE  I  CAN #%/^^.....
.~/$%£#### "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER  I PUT  IN  HERE ####£%$/~.
.^~/$%£### WILL  NOT  BE AFFECTED  BY  THE  NIGHTLY ###£%$/~^.
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.^^~//$$££  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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