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¨,=:=§@£## dark, and the stars are out, but the ##£@§=:=,¨
¨,=:=§§§@# sun is about to rise. its a long day, #@§§§=:=,¨
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¨,=:=§@£## then it stays so until i fall asleep. ##£@§=:=,¨
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¨,=:=§@£## 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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¨¨¨¨,:§§§£ 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 #@===,,¨¨¨
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¨,=:::§@£# "save" things. whatever i put in here #£@§:::=,¨
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¨¨¨¨,:=@@# 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 ##£@§=:=,¨
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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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