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@@$%*-~... WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ...~-*%$@@
@$%*-~.... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ....~-*%$@
$%*-~..... MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, .....~-*%$
%*-~...... BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ......~-*%
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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 .......~-*
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$%*-~..... WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO .....~-*%$
@$%*-~.... THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ....~-*%$@
@@$%*-~... MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ...~-*%$@@
#@@$%*-~.. SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ..~-*%$@@#
##@@$%*-~. OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, .~-*%$@@##
#@@$%*-~.. AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ..~-*%$@@#
@@$%*-~... CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ...~-*%$@@
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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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