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..=†*%@£## MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ##£@%*†=..
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.....==†*@ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, @*†==.....
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..=†*%@£££ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. £££@%*†=..
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.....=†%£# IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO #£%†=.....
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..=†*%@£## 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 ##£@%*†=..
..=†*%@£## 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 ##£@%*†=..
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..=†*%@£## WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ##£@%*†=..
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..=†*%@@@# 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 #£@*†††=..
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..=†*%@£## ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ##£@%*†=..
..=†*%@££# THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. #££@%*†=..
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