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¨¨¨¨«*$$$¶ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¶$$$*«¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨«***@# 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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¨¨¨::**$¶# EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE #¶$**::¨¨¨
¨:«**$@¶¶¶ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¶¶¶@$**«:¨
¨¨::***$$@ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO @$$***::¨¨
¨:«**$$@¶# DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH #¶@$$**«:¨
¨:«**$@¶## DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ##¶@$**«:¨
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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 ¶@*«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:«**$@¶## THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ##¶@$**«:¨
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¨:«**$@¶## SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ##¶@$**«:¨
¨¨¨¨¨«*@@# 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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¨:«**$@¶## METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ##¶@$**«:¨
¨:«**$@¶## "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ##¶@$**«:¨
¨¨¨¨:*$@¶¶ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¶¶@$*:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:*$@@# RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS #@@$*:¨¨¨¨
¨:«**$@¶## COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ##¶@$**«:¨
¨:«**$@¶## PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ##¶@$**«:¨
¨:««****$@ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D @$****««:¨
¨:«**$@@@# FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY #@@@$**«:¨
¨:«**$@### RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ###@$**«:¨
¨:«**$@¶## ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ##¶@$**«:¨
¨¨¨¨::«*$@ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. @$*«::¨¨¨¨
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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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