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*:--...... WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ......--:*
§*:--..... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND .....--:*§
@§*:--.... MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ....--:*§@
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§*:--..... 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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:--....... 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 ....--:*§@
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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 ..--:*§@@#
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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. ....--:*§@
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