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###§&^/~:, 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 ,,,,~~/&##
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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. ,:~/^&§###
§&&//~,,,, IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ,,,,~//&&§
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§&/~,,,,,, IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ,,,,,,~/&§
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###§&^/~:, 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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###§&^/~:, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,:~/^&§###
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###§&^/~:, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,:~/^&§###
§^//~:,,,, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,,,,:~//^§
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##§&///~:, CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ,:~///&§##
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§^~~:,,,,, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,,,,,:~~^§
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###§&^/~:, HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ,:~/^&§###
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#§&^~~:,,, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,,,:~~^&§#
###§&^/~:, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,:~/^&§###
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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 ,:~/^&§###
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