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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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