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#,#,#,##,#  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,#,,#,# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS   AND  STREAMS  AND #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,#,##,#   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   #,#,#,#,#,
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#,#,#,##,# I WAKE  UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,#,,#,# 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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