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###¤£%*=:¨ sun is about to rise. its a long day, ¨:=*%£¤###
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¤¤%=¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨=*£¤#
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###¤£%*=:¨ "save" things. whatever i put in here ¨:=*%£¤###
###¤£%*=:¨ will not be affected by the nightly ¨:=*%£¤###
###¤£%*=:¨ reset. everything else, however, is ¨:=*%£¤###
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¤¤%*=¨¨¨¨¨ fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ¨¨¨¨¨=*%¤¤
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###¤£%*=:¨ the cottage tries to communicate. here, ¨:=*%£¤###
###¤£%*=:¨ it's not endless but connected to a ¨:=*%£¤###
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