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###£§$\=,¨  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ¨,=\$§£###
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££$%====,¨ 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, ¨¨,,,\%%§£
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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 ¨,=\%$$§§£
##£§$%\=,¨ FORGETTING TO PUT  THEM  IN THE  SQUARE. ¨,=\%$§£##
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##£§$%\=,¨ WHERE  THE SPIRITS OF  THE FOREST AROUND ¨,=\%$§£##
£§§§$%\=,¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE.  HERE, ¨,=\%$§§§£
£§§$$%\=,¨ 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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