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$**«^¨¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨¨^«**$
#$**«^¨¨¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨¨¨^«**$#
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*«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«*
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*«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«*
**«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«**
$**«^¨¨¨¨¨ DREAMS. ¨¨¨¨¨^«**$
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#@#$**«^¨¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨¨^«**$#@#
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#$**«^¨¨¨¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨¨¨¨^«**$#
$**«^¨¨¨¨¨ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ¨¨¨¨¨^«**$
**«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«**
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#$**«^¨¨¨¨ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ¨¨¨¨^«**$#
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#@#$**«^¨¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨¨^«**$#@#
##@#$**«^¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨^«**$#@##
#@#$**«^¨¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨¨^«**$#@#
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**«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«**
$**«^¨¨¨¨¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨¨¨¨¨^«**$
#$**«^¨¨¨¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨¨¨¨^«**$#
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#@#$**«^¨¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨¨^«**$#@#
##@#$**«^¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨^«**$#@##
#@#$**«^¨¨ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨¨^«**$#@#
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$**«^¨¨¨¨¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨¨¨¨¨^«**$
**«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«**
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#$**«^¨¨¨¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨¨¨¨^«**$#
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#@#$**«^¨¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨¨^«**$#@#
##@#$**«^¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨^«**$#@##
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