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#£&$$^~-¨¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨¨-~^$$&£#
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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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$$^~-¨¨¨¨¨ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ¨¨¨¨¨-~^$$
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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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£&$$^~-¨¨¨ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¨¨¨-~^$$&£
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$$^~-¨¨¨¨¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨¨¨¨¨-~^$$
&$$^~-¨¨¨¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨¨¨¨-~^$$&
£&$$^~-¨¨¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨¨¨-~^$$&£
#£&$$^~-¨¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨¨-~^$$&£#
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#£&$$^~-¨¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨¨-~^$$&£#
£&$$^~-¨¨¨ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨¨¨-~^$$&£
&$$^~-¨¨¨¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨¨¨¨-~^$$&
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$^~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~^$
^~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~^
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#£&$$^~-¨¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨¨-~^$$&£#
£&$$^~-¨¨¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨¨¨-~^$$&£
&$$^~-¨¨¨¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨¨¨¨-~^$$&
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$^~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~^$
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