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#§^;-:¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨:-;^§#
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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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