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$^«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«^$
^«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«^
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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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$^«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«^$
%$^«,¨¨¨¨¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨¨¨¨¨,«^$%
@%$^«,¨¨¨¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨¨¨¨,«^$%@
¶@%$^«,¨¨¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨¨¨,«^$%@¶
#¶@%$^«,¨¨ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ¨¨,«^$%@¶#
##¶@%$^«,¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨,«^$%@¶##
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^«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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%$^«,¨¨¨¨¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨¨¨¨¨,«^$%
$^«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«^$
^«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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$^«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«^$
^«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«^
«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«
^«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«^
$^«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«^$
%$^«,¨¨¨¨¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨¨¨¨¨,«^$%
@%$^«,¨¨¨¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨¨¨¨,«^$%@
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