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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 ¨¨~«=*§@@#
@@§*=«~¨¨¨ 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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