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##@@%$:~.¨ Players. Pen And Paper, Books, Cameras, ¨.~:$%@@##
@%$:~¨¨¨¨¨ Mirrors, Prisms, And Various Things To ¨¨¨¨¨~:$%@
##@@%$:~.¨ Do Art With. The Fridge Is Filled With ¨.~:$%@@##
##@@%$:~.¨ Differet Foods, All Of Them Intriguing, ¨.~:$%@@##
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##@@%$:~.¨ Myself, Songs And Poetry, And Found ¨.~:$%@@##
##@@%$:~.¨ Sounds From The Forest. The Others Tell ¨.~:$%@@##
##@@%$:~.¨ Of Their Lives, Play The Guitar For Me, ¨.~:$%@@##
##@@%$:~.¨ And Tell Tales Of The Old World. I ¨.~:$%@@##
##@@%$:~.¨ Consider Them Friends As Well. ¨.~:$%@@##
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##@@%$:~.¨ Will Not Be Affected By The Nightly ¨.~:$%@@##
##@@%$:~.¨ Reset. Everything Else, However, Is ¨.~:$%@@##
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###@%$:~.¨ Rested In My Bed. Sometimes There'S ¨.~:$%@###
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##@@%$:~.¨ At Night, I Have Demi-Lucid Dreams ¨.~:$%@@##
##@@%$:~.¨ Where The Spirits Of The Forest Around ¨.~:$%@@##
##@@%$:~.¨ The Cottage Tries To Communicate. Here, ¨.~:$%@@##
@$$$~¨¨¨¨¨ It'S Not Endless But Connected To A ¨¨¨¨¨~$$$@
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##@@%$:~.¨ Friends Live. We Go Exploring Together ¨.~:$%@@##
##@@%$:~.¨ - Things Are Deep And Dark - But Unlike ¨.~:$%@@##
@%:..¨¨¨¨¨ Me, They Never Remember During The Day. ¨¨¨¨¨..:%@
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