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-......... WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY .........-
†-........ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ........-†
*†-....... MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, .......-†*
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###@&$*†-. I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S .-†*$&@###
##@&$*†-.. DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ..-†*$&@##
#@&$*†-... SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ...-†*$&@#
@&$*†-.... BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ....-†*$&@
&$*†-..... THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. .....-†*$&
$*†-...... IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ......-†*$
*†-....... 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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